Historical Marker

Dulcelina Salce Curtis (1904−1995)

Historical marker location:

NM Highway 448, Corrales, New Mexico

( near Grayhawk Drive)

Teacher, agriculturalist, farmer and conservationist, Dulcelina Curtis led efforts to control flooding of arroyos in Corrales where a flood-control channel is named in her honor. The first woman appointed to a board of the U.S. Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation District, she received the National Endowment for Soil Conservation Award for New Mexico in 1988. She served on the Village Council and helped launch many of the town’s civic organizations.