Priest Rapids Highlands Irrigation Project records, 1919-1927.

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Priest Rapids Highlands Irrigation Project records, 1919-1927.

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Correspondence, reports, promotional material and clippings relating to the planning of an irrigation project between Priest Rapids, on the Columbia River, and the Saddle Mountains in Grant County, Washington State. Included in the records is correspondence between the developers of the project, Everett S. Dam and his brother, Milton E. Dam, and consulting engineers and investors regarding the status of the project and the Priest Rapids Highlands Land Owners Assocciation, and with Washington State and County offices regarding the leasing of land and tax payments; a proposed bond issue report for the project; an appendix to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Bureau of Soils report on the Columbia Basin Project regarding soil classification; and promotional material and newspaper clippings relating to the project. A printed and hand-drawn map showing property owners in an area in Adams County, a printed map detailing the sections of land within Priest Rapids Highlands, and three photographs of proposed irrigation project lands accompany the papers.

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Columbia Basin Project (U.S.)

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Dam, Everett Stephen, 1885-

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Priest Rapids Highlands Land Owners Association.

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Dam, Milton Emory, 1886-1969

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Dam Brothers

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Everett Steven (b. 1885) and Milton Emery (1886-1969) Dam were two of three sons of Alton S. Dam, one of the early proponents of irrigation development in Washington State. Milton and Everett Dam received business training in Seattle and established the Dam Brothers brokerage firm there. In addition to their brokerage business, the two brothers spent more than two decades promoting the construction of a large hydroelectric dam at Priest Rapids. Their older brother Oscar (b. 1883) graduated from ...