Records of the Columbia Basin Survey Commission and the Columbia Basin Commission, 1919-1964.
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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...
Columbia Basin Survey Commission (Wash.)
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As early as 1918, settlers in the central Washington area dreamed of a big dam that could be used to irrigate their lands. The Columbia Basin Survey Commission was the first organization to study the conceivability of a dam on the Columbia River. In 1919 the Washington State Legislature created the Columbia Basin Survey Commission and appropriated $100,000 for its work. In 1933 the state legislature created the Columbia Basin Commission to replace the Survey Commission and to secure the construc...
