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Jan 1927
History and Problems of Irrigation Development in the West
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Volume 90, Issue 1
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Within the Great West of the present United States, there are three periods of irrigation history—the prehistoric, the pre-pioneer, and the modern. Considerable information is available concerning each of these periods. The Prehistoric Period.—Irrigation was practiced in the West before modern man took possession of America. Remnants of irrigation canals and structures in California, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah, bear witness to a dense population that throve under the irrigation ditch.
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© 1927 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Jan 1927
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John A. Widtsoe
Formerly Pres., Univ. of Utah and of the Agricultural Coll. of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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