ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - New Mexico is honoring a dryland farming pioneer.
The Albuquerque Journal reports (https://bit.ly/2qIFlpk ) that the New Mexico Historic Preservation Division and the Department of Transportation will dedicate a state historic marker to Mollie Klapp.
The dedication will be held Wednesday at the intersection of N.M. 41 and Madrid Avenue near Moriarty.
Klapp was a widow with seven children who moved to New Mexico in the 1900s.
She was a dryland farmer who took advantage of the climate and sandy soils to grow pinto beans in Estancia Valley.
Klapp as a homesteader at the time contributed to the 2.5 million pounds of pinto beans that were annually harvested and shipped from central New Mexico.
A state historian called her a brave woman whose life illustrated the hardships of a homesteader.
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Information from: Albuquerque Journal, https://www.abqjournal.com
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