Jacob A. Weber Papers 1920-1988

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Jacob A. Weber Papers 1920-1988

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv96166

Most of the collection relates to Weber's involvement in water resource development, particularly irrigation in the Quincy area and the broader Columbia Basin.

3.75 linear feet; 7 boxes

Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6381761

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Columbia Basin Commission (Wash.)

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In 1903 the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation made a survey of the Columbia Basin to determine the feasibility of transferring water from the Pend Oreille River in Idaho to the basin. On 18 July 1918, the first proposal to build a dam at the Grand Coulee on the Columbia River for irrigation of the basin lands was published, and in 1919 the Washington State Legislature created the Columbia Basin Survey Commission and appropriated $100,000 for its work. By 1932 the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Bu...

Weber, Jacob A.

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Jacob A. "Jake" Weber (1899-1988) was born in the upper Volga region of Russia to German parents. The family emigrated from Russia to the United States in 1901. After a brief stay in Ritzville, WA, they settled and established a homestead in the Quincy area in 1902, where they farmed and raised their family. After graduating from Washington State College in 1929 and working briefly in retail trade, banking, and insurance, Weber started his own farming operation in Quincy. ...