Jumbo. Since the bombs were on the bottom of Jumbo, and not the
center (the correct position), the resultant explosion blew both ends
off Jumbo. Unable to totally destroy Jumbo, the Army then buried it
in the desert near Trinity Site. It was not until the early 1970s
that the impressive remains of Jumbo, still weighing over 180 tons,
were moved to their present location.



SCHMIDT-McDONALD RANCH HOUSE


The Schmidt-McDonald ranch house is located two miles south of Ground
Zero. The property encompasses about three acres and consists of the
main house and assorted outbuildings. The house, surrounded by a low
stone wall, was built in 1913 by Franz Schmidt, a German immigrant and
homesteader. In the 1920s Schmidt sold the ranch to George McDonald
and moved to Florida.

The ranch house is a one-story, 1,750 square-foot adobe (mud bricks)
building. An ice house is located on the west side along with an 9'-
4" deep underground cistern. A 14 by 18.5 foot stone addition, which
included a modern bathroom, was added onto the north side in the
1930s. East of the house there is a large, divided concrete water
storage tank and a windmill. South of the windmill are the remains of
a bunkhouse, and a barn which also served as a garage. Further to the
east are corrals and holding pens for livestock.

The McDonalds vacated their ranch house and their thousands of acres
of marginal range land in early 1942 when it became part of the