Red Water, Black Gold [electronic resource] : The Canadian River in Western Texas, 1920–1999 / by Margaret A. Bickers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bickers, Margaret A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water rights--Texas--Texas Panhandle--History--20th century.

Water rights.

Petroleum industry and trade--Texas--Texas Panhandle--Water-supply--History--20th century.

Petroleum industry and trade.

Canadian River--Water rights--History--20th century.

Canadian River.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Place of Publication:

Denton : Texas State Historical Association, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Red Water, Black Gold: The Canadian River in Texas 1920-1999 tells the story of the Canadian River in the Texas Panhandle. It is a tale of grand designs, high hopes, deep holes, politics, fishing, follies, foibles, and environmental change.Although efforts had been made to tap the Canadian River's waters before 1920, the discovery of oil in the Panhandle gave new urgency to the search for permanent water supplies.Additionally, the spread of groundwater irrigation amid the discovery of the limits of Ogallala Aquifer spurred regional interests to tap the Canadian. But overestimates of the river'

Contents:

Introduction: A typically atypical stream

Agriculture and oil

A small river in the big legal picture

Saving water to save the soil

Shortages and negotiations

The paper river and a lot of dam talk

The wet river in a dry decade

Building a dam times two

Changes in the river: lawsuits, leaks, and brine

Paper plus water makes (legal) fire

Two suits and an act of Congress

Conclusion: a once and future river

Appendix A: Abbreviations, acronyms, and terms

Appendix B: Conversions, climatology, and methodology

Appendix C: For further reading.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62511-028-6

OCLC:

896873113