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Author:
Bogener, Steve.
Title:
Ditches across the desert : irrigation in the lower Pecos Valley / Stephen Bogener.
Publisher:
Texas Tech University Press,
Copyright Date:
c2003
Description:
xi, 340 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Irrigation--Pecos River Valley (N.M. and Tex.)--History.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-328) and index.
Contents:
Visions of an irrigation empire -- Creosote and sagebrush -- Jackrabbits, canals, and cottonwoods -- Dams and violence in the Pecos Valley -- Companies, canals, and capital -- Railroads and receivership -- Private irrigation drowns in ditches of its own making -- Mr. Wrecklamation man -- Such of the lands economically practicable to irrigate -- God pity the water user? -- An elusive reservoir.
ISBN:
9780896725096
089672509X (cloth : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)52057899
LCCN:
2003008313
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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