Acequia de Nuestra Señora de Belen records, 1912-1963.

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Acequia de Nuestra Señora de Belen records, 1912-1963.

Financial and employment records, correspondence, election ballots, legal papers, minutes, clippings, journals, ledgers and receipt books primarily documenting ditch maintenance and cleaning by association members. Legal records include court decisions concerning the ditch. Gaps exist in the chronology, and later years are better documented.

1.7 linear ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7398510

New Mexico State University

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Acequia de Nuestra Señora de Belen

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Community owned and operated, the acequia (known also as the Belen Ditch) was constructed between Belen and Isleta, N.M., to convey irrigation water from the Rio Grande. It was the subject of legal disputes during the 1930s, when the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District sought to absorb it. From the description of Acequia de Nuestra Señora de Belen records, 1912-1963. (New Mexico State University). WorldCat record id: 37927838 Acequia de Nuestra Senora de Bel...