Download or read book Reclaiming the Arid West written by George Wharton James and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Reclaiming the Arid West written by George Wharton James and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Reclaiming the Arid West written by William D. Rowley and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Widely noted for his role in the passage of the National Reclamation Act of 1902, Francis G. Newlands of Nevada was a champion of the growth of federal power in the modernization of America. One of the few liberal national Democrats at the beginning of the twentieth century, he is known as a key architect of the modern regulatory state. Newlands worked to irrigate the Nevada desert and other arid western states with nationally funded reclamation and dam-building projects. As a leading western Progressive, he supported national planning for the utilization of all the nation's water resources, the Progressive conservation cause espoused by Republican Theodore Roosevelt, and the supervision of private corporations by an enlarged and more powerful federal government. Yet he opposed Progressives on many issues, voicing suspicions about centralized banking, defending the right of private corporations to fair treatment by public regulatory agencies, even advocating the denial of suffrage to African Americans through the repeal of the Fifteenth Amendment. William Rowley's biography reveals a complicated and sophisticated man who successfully lived a dual political life under a cloud of personal and public scandal. It is a fascinating story of American politics in a time of immense national change.

Download or read book Reclaiming the Arid West The Story of the United States Reclamation Service written by George Wharton 1858-1923 James and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-05-04 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Download or read book Policy of the Federal Government Toward the Reclamation of Arid Lands of the West written by Donald Vial and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Bureau of Reclamation Origins and growth to 1945 written by William D. Rowley and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2006 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On cover: Reclamation, Managing Water in the West. Tells the history of the Bureau of Reclamation from 1902-1945.

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Download or read book The Yuma Reclamation Project written by Robert Sauder and published by University of Nevada Press. This book was released on 2009-08-15 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the arid American West, settlement was generally contingent on the availability of water to irrigate crops and maintain livestock and human residents. Early irrigation projects were usually the cooperative efforts of pioneer farmers, but by the early twentieth century they largely reflected federal intentions to create new farms out of the western public domain. The Yuma Reclamation Project, authorized in 1904, was one of the earliest federal irrigation projects initiated in the western United States and the first authorized on the Colorado River. Its story exemplifies the range of difficulties associated with settling the nation’s final frontier—the remaining irrigable lands in the arid West, including Indian lands—and illuminates some of the current issues and conflicts concerning the Colorado River. Author Robert Sauder’s detailed, meticulously researched examination of the Yuma Project illustrates the complex multiplicity of problems and challenges associated with the federal government’s attempt to facilitate homesteading in the arid West. He examines the history of settlement along the lower Colorado River from earliest times, including the farming of the local Quechan people and the impact of Spanish colonization, and he reviews the engineering problems that had to be resolved before an industrial irrigation scheme could be accomplished. The study also sheds light on myriad unanticipated environmental, economic, and social challenges that the government had to confront in bringing arid lands under irrigation, including the impact on the Native American population of the region.The Yuma Reclamation Project is an original and significant contribution to our understanding of federal reclamation endeavors in the West. It provides new and fascinating information about the history of the Yuma Valley and, as a case study of irrigation policy, it offers compelling insights into the history and consequences of water manipulation in the arid West.

Download or read book Report written by United States. Bureau of Reclamation and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Reclamation Bonds written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Annual Report of the Reclamation Service written by United States Reclamation Service and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Report of the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation to the Secretary of the Interior written by United States. Bureau of Reclamation and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 1164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Reno s Big Gamble written by Alicia Barber and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the creation and transformation of Reno's reputation from backward railroad town to a nationally known "Sin Central." The author shows how Reno civic leaders, in their never-ending quest for tourist dollars, dramatically altered the economy and physical appearance of the city.