| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 340 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Visions of an irrigation empire -- Creosote and sagebrush -- Jackrabbits, canals, and cottonwoods -- Dams and violence in the Pecos Valley -- Companies, canals, and capital -- Railroads and receivership -- Private irrigation drowns in ditches of its own making -- Mr. Wrecklamation man -- Such of the lands economically practicable to irrigate -- God pity the water user? -- An elusive reservoir |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-328) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Irrigation -- Pecos River Valley (N.M. and Tex.) -- History
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
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Irrigation
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United States -- Pecos River Valley
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1423762800 |
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9781423762805 |
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9786611093198 |
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6611093192 |
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