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Complexity in a ditch : bringing water to the Idaho desert / Hugh T. Lovin ; introduction by Adam M. Sowards.
Lippincott Library HD1739.I2 L68 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lovin, Hugh T., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Irrigation--Idaho--History.
- Irrigation.
- Water resources development--Idaho--History.
- Water resources development.
- Water-supply, Agricultural--Idaho--History.
- Water-supply, Agricultural.
- History.
- Idaho.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 244 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Pullman, Washington : Washington State University Press, [2017]
- Contents:
- Dreamers, schemers, and doers of Idaho irrigation
- Sage, jacks, and Snake Plain pioneers
- "Duty of water" in Idaho: a "New West" irrigation controversy, 1890-1920
- The Carey Act in Idaho, 1895-1925: an experiment in free enterprise reclamation
- Free enterprise and large-scale reclamation on the Twin Falls-North side tract, 1907-1930
- Idaho's white elephant: the King Hill tracts and the United States Reclamation Service
- A "New West" reclamation tragedy: the Twin Falls-Oakley project in Idaho, 1908-1931
- Yellowstone National Park, Jackson Hole, and the Idaho irrigation frontier.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780874223538
- 0874223539
- OCLC:
- 992433441
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