Ditches Across the Desert: Irrigation in the Lower Pecos Valley
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| Rating | : | 4.46 (657 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1682830292 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 340 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-06-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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About the Author Stephen Bogener is a coauthor of Llano Estacado:An Island in the Sky.
Yet the contest over its water continues.. With the downturn in ranching in southeastern New Mexicoand West Texas in the late 1870s, however, promoter Charles Eddy joined lawman PatGarrett in a grandiose scheme. -Journal of Southern HistorySettlement of the West came slowly, based on advances in technology and the harnessingof nature, especially water. Dammed in many places for irrigation, its springs pumped dry in others, the Pecostoday leads a precarious existence. They would dam the Pecos River, build irrigation canals,and turn the area into an agricultural oasis.Many Americans, including Western lawmakers, considered irrigation to be Americaat its best. Farmers laboring side by side to transform the desert intoproductive cropland represented the ideals of Jeffersonian yeoman democracy. -Western Historical QuarterlyA welcomed and excellent study that adds much to our knowledge of water developmentprojects in southeastern New Mexico in the context of the history of thecampaign for national reclamation. Early on, the arid Pecos country seemed to have too littlewater to make it tamable. -American Historical ReviewRecommendedA worthy addition to recent studies of wateradministration in the West. One o
Amazon Customer said Informative.. As a long-time employee of Carlsbad Irrigation District, this book is a history of the irrigation project.. Caroline said Five Stars. Well written and researched. Fascinating!. "Historical" according to leapin lizard. This book has been very thoroughly researched and really explains the importance of WATER in the desert southwest. Very good.
. Stephen Bogener is a coauthor of Llano Estacado:An Island in the Sky