The Battleground of National Irrigation and the Columbia Basin Project (part 6).
Date
1961
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UNPUBLISHED
Abstract
"The Northern Pacific entered the Yakima Valley in 1885 at a time cattle, sheep and horse herds had reached their greatest output. Railway engineers foresaw the great possibilities of planned, gigantic irrigation. The railway had land for sale; it provided transportation to far-off markets and it was extremely energetic in promotion, not only throughout the Middlewest and East but also in Europe. The waves of emigrants sought gold but mostly found land to their liking. Those who settled required irrigation. Much later scientific engineering was necessary to reclaim land which had first been passed by because it lacked water."
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12 sheets 8 x 11.5 inch. Typed.