Title The Yuma Reclamation Project : irrigation, Indian allotment, and settlement along the lower Colorado River / Robert A. Sauder

Edition 1st ed Published Reno : University of Nevada Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 274 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents The final frontier -- Quechan land -- Early irrigation ventures -- The Yuma project -- Allotment -- Bard -- Yuma valley travails -- Distress and discontent -- Reclamation and retrospect -- Epilogue Summary A history of the Yuma Reclamation Project, authorized in 1904, one of the first federal irrigation projects in the Western United States, which exemplified the range of difficulties associated with settling the arid West, including Indian lands Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-262) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Yuma Project (U.S.) Yuma Project (U.S.) Reclamation of land -- Arizona -- Yuma Valley -- History -- 20th century Irrigation -- Arizona -- Yuma Valley -- History -- 20th century Indian allotments -- Arizona -- Yuma Valley -- History -- 20th century Indians of North America -- Arizona -- Yuma Valley -- History -- 20th century Land settlement -- Arizona -- Yuma Valley -- History -- 20th century Irrigation -- Political aspects -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century NATURE -- Natural Resources. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Green Business. Ecology Indian allotments Indians of North America Irrigation Irrigation -- Political aspects Land settlement Reclamation of land Yuma Valley (Ariz.) -- History -- 20th century Colorado River Valley (Colo.-Mexico) -- History -- 20th century Yuma Valley (Ariz.) -- Environmental conditions Colorado River Valley (Colo.-Mexico) -- Environmental conditions Arizona -- Yuma Valley North America -- Colorado River Valley West United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2009015671 ISBN 9780874178012 0874178010

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