Report of History of Project : Salt River Valley Water Users Association, ca. 1936-1936.

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Report of History of Project : Salt River Valley Water Users Association, ca. 1936-1936.

Summary: Typescript manuscript of a 243-page report by Clark to the governing board of the Salt River Valley Water Users Association. It includes a history of irrigation in the Salt River Valley from construction of specific canals in the 1870s , to the process of evaluating plans from 1900 to the 1903 formation of the Association.

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Salt River Valley Water User's Association

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Clark, Vernon Leonidas, 1861-

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Biographical note: Vernon Clark was one of the founders of the Salt River Valley Water Users Association. It was established in 1903 in the wake of the National Reclamation Act of 1902. Through the construction of dams, the Salt River Project assured the availability of a dependable water supply for municipal, industrial and agricultural use in the surrounding area. From the description of Report of History of Project : Salt River Valley Water Users Association, ca. 1936-1936. (Arizo...

Salt River Project

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