Mountainair Population 1,170 - Elevation 6,535 - Mountainair NM
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Don.Morfe
N 34° 30.914 W 106° 15.016
13S E 385239 N 3819995
Founded in 1902, Mountainair developed as a major center for pinto bean farming in the early 20th century until the drought of the 1940s.
Waymark Code: WM12YX1
Location: New Mexico, United States
Date Posted: 08/09/2020
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Mountainair Population 1,170 - Elevation 6,535-Founded in 1902, Mountainair developed as a major center for pinto bean farming in the early 20th century until the drought of the 1940s. The region had been occupied earlier by Tompiro and eastern Tiwa pueblo Indians from prehistoric times through the mid-17th century, when it served as a major center for Spanish Franciscan missionaries.
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