[Colorado river commission Collection]. 1920-1999.

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[Colorado river commission Collection]. 1920-1999.

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Collection is comprised of correspondence, memos, reports, Supreme Court documents, legal briefs and various other published works relating to the Arizona vs. California water lawsuit and the distribution of power and water resources from the Colorado River and Hoover Dam.

44 record storage boxes (44 linear feet).

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries

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University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries

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Colorado River Commission of Nevada

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The State of Nevada expressed official interest in the development of the Colorado River as early as 1869, soon after acquiring from Congress the area that became the southernmost portion of the state. The river formed the eastern boundary of the new addition. That year the Legislature passed a resolution instructing the senators and requesting the representative in Congress to seek a federal appropriation for making the Colorado ("the natural channel for the commerce of the greater...