Papers, 1915-1973, 1945-1964.

Lusk, T. E.

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Estes, Billie Sol

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Texas Water Conservation Association

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Johnson, Berkley.

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Texas Water Development Board

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The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) was created in 1957 by a constitutional amendment initiated by the 55th Texas Legislature, Regular Session (House Joint Resolution 3), following a prolonged drought in Texas during the 1950s. It was formed to administer the Texas Water Development Fund, providing financial assistance to certain political subdivisions of the state in the conservation and development of Texas' water resources. In 1965, the 59th Legislature, Regular ...

Tipton, Royce J.

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Miller, Charles H., merchant

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Lingle, R. T.

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Texas. Governor's Water Planning Committee.

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Bliss, John Homer, 1832-

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John H. Bliss served as the New Mexico State Engineer and as the Upper Colorado River Commissioner for New Mexico. From the description of John H. Bliss collection of interstate water projects papers, 1949-1987 (bulk, 1949-1973). (Santa Fe Public Library). WorldCat record id: 38518625 ...

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 Comm...

Shivers, Allan, 1907-1985

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Turpin, Kerr & Smith.

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Lowry, Robert L.

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Rassman, Emil C., 1919-

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Midland, Texas, lawyer and civic leader. Born in 1919, in Indianapolis, Indiana. Received his B.A. from Washington and Lee University (1941) and L.L.D. from University of Texas (1947). Member of Rassman, Gunter, and Boldrick law firm in Midland, Texas. Member of various professional organizations. Director (1972-75) and Chairman of the Board (1974-75) of the State Bar of Texas. Active for the Texas State Chamber of Commerce. President of West Texas Chamber of Commerce an...

Pecos River Compact Commission (Tex.)

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In 1949, Texas and New Mexico agreed to the Pecos River Compact which allocated the water of the Pecos River between the two states. In 1973, Texas filed suit claiming that New Mexico had violated the terms of the agreement in that between 1952 and 1972, New Mexico had failed to deliver more than one million acre-feet of water. In 1987, the Supreme Court determined that the delivery short-fall was 340,100 acre-feet. Texas then sought repayment of this amount of water delivered over a 10-year per...