Eastern New Mexico University had over 4,300 students and 700 faculty and staff in 2008. The population density of the city of Portales in 2000 was 1,624.9 people per square mile (627.4/kmÂ²). There were 4,862 housing units at an average density of 709.7 per square mile (274.0/kmÂ²).
Last Updated: John J. Pershing, in full John Joseph Pershing, byname Black Jack (born September 13, 1860, Laclede, Missouri, U.S.âdied July 15, 1948, Washington, D.C.), U.S. Army general who commanded the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) in Europe during World War I.
In August 1915, while serving at Fort Bliss in Texas, Pershing was alerted to a fire at his family's home at the Presidio of San Francisco. In the blaze, his wife and three daughters died of smoke inhalation. The only one to escape the fire was his six year-old son, Warren.