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Item Yakima Project, Washington(U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, 1937) Smith, A. M.Map of Lands opened for entry subject to public notice No. 10.Item Reclamation Service Ends Chaos(Yakima Herald, 1965-04-15) AnonymousHistory of irrigation in the Yakima Valley from 1904 to 1965, told with the Bureau of Reclamation at the center of the story. Pictures of an early diversion dam on the Tieton and the Sunnyside dam on the Yakima are included. The page also includes advertising from some of the firms that relied on agriculture made possible by irrigation.Item Interim arrangements for delivery of water in 1963 on the Columbia Basin Project.(UNPUBLISHED, 1963-03-12) Rawlings, W. E.Information about the interim procedures for the 1963 irrigation season.Item Public announcement number 12 from the Bureau of Reclamation on the Columbia Basin Irrigation Project.(U. S. Government Printing Office., 1952-01-13)Informs "how to acquire one of the listed farm unites. Eleven or more fulltime farm units in the Quincy-Columbia Basin Irrigation District will be sold in accordance with the terms of this announcement. Referred to form is found under EPM-066-02-015Item Special memorandum on the lands of the Columbia Basin Project.(UNPUBLISHED, 1940-04-01) Page, John C.Information about the progress of irrigation works, with the dam being projected to be done in two years.Item Invitation for bids on land from the Bureau of Reclamation, as part of the Columbia Basin Project.(UNPUBLISHED, 1955-11-15) Nalder, P. R.Includes information on the bid process, map of the area up for sale, and deed and proposal forms.Item Farming opportunities: Columbia Basin Project (version 2 and 3).(U. S. Government Printing Office., 1947) Unknown2 versions of a brochure that has questions and answers on the 2,500,000 acres irrigated by the Columbia Basin Project. Compare to EPM-066-02-017Item Farming opportunities: Columbia Basin Project (version 1).(UNKNOWN, 1947) UnknownA list of questions and answers for those "interested in farming on the Columbia Basin Project." See EPM-066-02-018 for another version of the booklet.Item Selecting land for farms: Columbia Basin Project.(UNKNOWN, 1947) UnknownInformation on how to know what land will be irrigated with water from the Columbia River, with a list of do's and don'ts.Item Application for farm unit.(UNPUBLISHED, 1952-09) UnknownForm to purchase a farm unit. Refers to a Public Announcement, which is found under EPM-066-02-027Item Columbia Basin Irrigation Project: Grand Coulee Dam and Power Plant.(U. S. Government Printing Office., 1952) Chapman, Oscar L.; Straus, Michael W.Two brochures, one printed in 1952 and one in 1955, which cover the Grand Coulee Dam, the Columbia River, Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake and the power created by the dam.Item Settlement of the Columbia Basin Reclamation Project.(U. S. Government Printing Office., 1944) Ickes, Harold L.2 printings of the same brochure: one from 1944 and one from 1946. Brochure has extensive information on the effects that will be felt from the project on the surrounding area. Also included is a press release announcing the printing of the new pamphlet.Item Magic Water for the Columbia Basin Project.(U. S. Government Printing Office., 1953) UnknownHow the project will be home creating, wealth producing, and self-sustaining for the area.Item Electric power from the Columbia Basin Reclamation Project.(U. S. Government Printing Office., 1945) Krug, J. A.Discusses both the technology behind the power plant and the benefit it will do for "personal and economic security" post WWII.Item Columbia Basin Project.(U. S. Government Printing Office., 1961) Dominy, Floyd E.; Udall, Stewart L.Two brochures, one from 1961 and the other from 1962, discuss the impact of the Grand Coulee Dam on irrigation, power, and recreation.Item The Columbia Basin Project: Washington.(U. S. Government Printing Office., 1967) UnknownBrochure on the benefit of the Grand Coulee Dam for irrigation and recreation.Item The Columbia Basin Project.(UNKNOWN, 1949)Four versions of a brochure informing people about the Grand Coulee Dam, how it will work, and how it will benefit the surrounding area.Item Power: Columbia Basin Project.(UNPUBLISHED, 1955) Straus, Michael W.With black and white photos at the bottom of each page, this booklet discusses the technical aspects of building a power plant at Grand Coulee Dam, the world's largest plant.Item Yakima-Sunnyside crop yield report for 1945.(1945) Bureau of ReclamationAverage gross value per acre: $177.67.Item Yakima-Tieton crop yield report for 1929.(1929) Bureau of Reclamation"In reporting areas irrigated for other purposes than cropping there shall be included nonbearing orchards, fall-seeded-grass fields, and fields irrigated for the purpose of cultivation only."