Robert Sauder: 1 book
The Yuma Reclamation Project
Irrigation, Indian Allotment, and Settlement Along the Lower Colorado River
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2009
In the arid American West, settlement was generally contingent on the availability of water to irrigate crops and maintain livestock and human residents. Early irrigation projects were usually the cooperative efforts of pioneer farmers, but by the early twentieth century they largely reflected federal...
