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Ditches Across the Desert Irrigation in the Lower Pecos ~ Ditches Across the Desert Irrigation in the Lower Pecos Valley Stephen Bogener on FREE shipping on qualifying offers One of the most thoroughly researched detailed histories of any irrigated region in the American West ―American Historical Review Recommended A worthy addition to recent studies of water administration in the West
Stephen Bogener Ditches Across the Desert Irrigation in ~ Capital from ranching and steel among other sources flowed through the wealthy inhabitants of Colorado Springs and into the ditches and dams of the Pecos Valley Another of the more revealing chapters details the construction of the valleys irrigation systems and the hard sometimes violent lives of the Mexican and Mexican‐American laborers who dug the ditches and built the dams
Ditches across the Desert Cloth Stephen Bogener Stephen ~ By the end of the nineteenth century investors led by James John Hagerman had poured more than 25 million into the Pecos ditches Following episodes of violence a natural disaster and the financial downturn of 1893 settlers and capitalists deserted the valley making its future uncertain
Full version Ditches Across the Desert Irrigation in the ~ They would dam the Pecos River build irrigation canals and turn the area into an agricultural Americans including Western lawmakers considered irrigation to be America at its best Wealthy easterners invested in its development in the great traditions of American capitalism
Ditches across the Desert Irrigation in the Lower Pecos ~ These people and the change of the Pecos Valley from rustic cattle territory to towns and irrigated farmland form the framework for this rich story of the American West By the end of the nineteenth century investors led by James John Hagerman had poured more than 25 million into the Pecos ditches
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Ditches Across The Desert Irrigation In The Lower Pecos ~ As a longtime employee of Carlsbad Irrigation District this book is a history of the irrigation project Well written and researched Fascinating Ditches across the Desert Irrigation in the Lower Pecos Valley Irrigation in the Rio Grande Valley New Mexico A study of the development of irrigation systems before 1945 Cholesterol Cholesterol
Ditches Across the Desert Irrigation in the Lower Pecos ~ These people and the change of the Pecos Valley from rustic cattle territory to towns and irrigated farmland form the framework for this rich story of the American West By the end of the nineteenth century investors led by James John Hagerman had poured more than 25 million into the Pecos ditches
Ditches across the desert irrigation in the lower Pecos ~ Ditches across the desert irrigation in the lower Pecos Valley Steve Bogener Settlement of the West came slowly based on advances in technology and the harnessing of nature especially water Early on the arid Pecos country seemed to have too little water to make Your Web browser is not enabled for JavaScript
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