Twin Falls / Elizabeth Egleston Giraud.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Giraud, Elizabeth Egleston., Author.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Twin Falls (Idaho)--Biography--Pictorial works.

Twin Falls (Idaho).

Twin Falls (Idaho)--History--Pictorial works.

Twin Falls (Idaho)--Social life and customs--Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., [2010]

Summary:

Twin Falls tells the story of the transformation of a sagebrush plain into productive farmland at the beginning of the 20th century. Engineers and investors found a way to capture the water of the Snake River for extensive irrigation and completed Milner Dam and the related canal system in 1905. The success of the Twin Falls South Side Irrigation Tract was associated with other reclamation projects in the region, resulting in the permanent settlement of south-central Idaho. New residents built modern schools, fine homes, and imposing business blocks. Prosperous farms and orchards dotted the landscape. Twin Falls became a wholesale center for storing, processing, and shipping agricultural commodities in the United States and abroad.

Contents:

Life before irrigation

Ira Burton Perrine

Reclamation transforms the desert

Promoting the tract

The business of agriculture

Building communities

Establishing institutions

The comfort of home.

OCLC:

885209779