Wilson, James Charles, 1895-1968.
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Wilson, James Charles, 1895-1968.
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Wilson, James Charles, 1895-1968.
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Rancher, farmer, Pecos River Compact Commissioner. Born in 1895 in Oak Grove, Louisiana. A veteran of World War I, Wilson moved to Pecos, Texas, in 1917 to join Pecos Mercantile where he worked until the late 1940s when he began farming full-time. He founded Texas Cotton Industries and Big Bend Gin Company. Credited with building the Pecos River Basin into a large cotton growning area through extensive irrigation. Served 19 years as the Texas Commissioner of the Texas-New Mexico Pecos River Commission. He died August 21, 1968.
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Irrigation districts
Water conservation
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Water resources development
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Pecos River (N.M. and Tex.)
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Reeves County (Tex.)
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Pecos (Tex.)
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