History of the Huntley Project 1959

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History of the Huntley Project 1959

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The History of the Huntley Project is a typewritten 70 page manuscript which was originally composed by the "Current Projects Class" of the Huntley Project High School in 1942. The students involved with the project were directed by Mrs. L. Chistine Bliss Seamans. The edited version created by Erb in 1959 divides the material into 13 chapters: Early Exploration and Settlement; The Construction of the Irrigation System and Opening of the Huntley Project; The Opening Ceremony; Provisions for Drawing and Filing on the Holdings and Development of the Project; Huntley Project Schools; Towns of the Huntley Project; Huntley; Ballentine; Worden; Pompey's Pillar; Early Organizations; The Sunnyside Library; Churches. A bibliography, which does not list any of the original oral interviews used to compile the work, is also included.

1 item; 70 pp.

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MSU-Bozeman Library, Merrill G Burlingame Special Collections

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