Yuma Reclamation Project : Irrigation, Indian Allotment, and Settlement Along the Lower Colorado River / Robert A. Sauder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sauder, Robert A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Irrigation--Political aspects--West (U.S.)--History--20th century.

Irrigation.

Land settlement--Arizona--Yuma Valley--History--20th century.

Land settlement.

Indians of North America--Arizona--Yuma Valley--History--20th century.

Indians of North America.

Indian allotments--Arizona--Yuma Valley--History--20th century.

Indian allotments.

Irrigation--Arizona--Yuma Valley--History--20th century.

Reclamation of land--Arizona--Yuma Valley--History--20th century.

Reclamation of land.

Colorado River Valley (Colo.-Mexico)--Environmental conditions.

Colorado River Valley (Colo.-Mexico).

Yuma Valley (Ariz.)--Environmental conditions.

Yuma Valley (Ariz.).

Colorado River Valley (Colo.-Mexico)--History--20th century.

Yuma Valley (Ariz.)--History--20th century.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 274 p. ) ill., maps ;

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Reno, Nevada ; Las Vegas, [Nevada] : University of Nevada Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A history of the Yuma Reclamation Project, authorized in 1904, one of the first federal irrigation projects in the Western United States, which exemplified the range of difficulties associated with settling the arid West, including Indian lands.

Contents:

The final frontier

Quechan land

Early irrigation ventures

The Yuma project

Allotment

Bard

Yuma valley travails

Distress and discontent

Reclamation and retrospect

Epilogue.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780874178012

0874178010

OCLC:

489215059