Mountainair (1)
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Population – 928; Elevation – 6535 Mountainair is home to the Salinas Pueblos National Monument visitor center and is the hub of Estancia Valley, once the world’s leading pinto bean producer in part due to the two world wars. Severe drought profoundly affected the economy in the 1660s and after World War II.
The region was occupied by Tompiro and eastern Tiwa pueblo Indians from prehistoric times to the mid-seventeenth century and was a major center for Spanish Franciscan missionaries. Majestic mission ruins associated with the national monument are easily visited from Mountainair.
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