U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Project histories 1923-1956

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U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Project histories 1923-1956

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv22225

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation was created in 1902 because of mounting pressure for the federal government to develop water resources. The collection contains Bureau of Reclamation project histories for Boise, Columbia Basin, Owyhee, and Yakima. Boise project materials cover the years 1923-1925; 1940; 1944; 1948; and 1951-1955. Columbia Basin project materials, 1947. Owyhee project materials cover the years 1935-1941; 1949-1950; and 1952-1956. Yakima project materials, 1935-1937.

3.0 linear feet, 2 containers

eng,

University of Oregon Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives

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University of Oregon Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives

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United States. Bureau of Reclamation

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The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation Service) was a bureau of the Department of the Interior which oversaw water development projects in the western United States. In July of 1902, in accordance with the Reclamation Act 32 Stat. 388, approved June 17, 1902 (also known as the Newlands Act), Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock established the Reclamation Service within the Geological Survey. The new Reclamation Service studied potential water development projects in each western stat...