Kuhler, Joyce Benjamin2018-06-082018-06-081940MNS-061-09-004http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11867/786626 sheets 8.5 x 11 inch. Typed."It has been generally conceded that the first irrigation ditch in the valley was constructed about 1853 by the Indian, Chief Kamiakin, to whom the idea probably was suggested by Catholic missionaries with whom he was a close friend. That ditch was dug from a branch of the Ahtanum Creek, was about a quarter of a mile in length, and was used by Kamiakin to water his garden. The first irrigation enterprise to be undertaken by white men was probably that of N. T. Goodwin, who in about 1867, dug a small ditch from the Yakima River to irrigate a small wheat field. The results of watering that five-acre field were so encouraging that a group of farmers, Messrs. Goodwin, Stoolcop, Vaughn, Mayberry, and Simmons began work on the first cooperative enterprise in irrigation in the valley."NO KNOWN COPYRIGHT - The organization that has made the Item available reasonably believes that the Item is not restricted by copyright or related rights, but a conclusive determination could not be made. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.