Ditches across the desert: irrigation in the lower Pecos Valley
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Main Author: Bogener, Steve (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lubbock, Tex. Texas Tech University Press c2003
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Item Description:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-328) and index
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
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xi, 340 p.)
ISBN:089672509X
1423762800
9780896725096
9781423762805

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