The Bureau of Reclamation: Origins and Growth to 1945, Volume 1

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Tells the history of the Bureau of Reclamation from 1902-1945. The illustrated story that runs through the chapters of this first volume addresses the orignis and implementation of what was toe be called "reclamation" under the auspice and financing of a government service bureau. These pages look at the origins of Reclamation as an ambitious experiment or innovation in government land policies that from the beginning of the Republic sought to dispose of the Public Domain. Western lands without access to water seemed of little value, but once water and land could be joined, land became valuable. In many places the Bureau of Reclamation became the agency of this transformation. Arid public lands that obtained water rights became attractive land for settlement and private acquisition. The entire effort of "federal reclamation by irrigation" was a vast experiment ranging from the construction of minor to enourmous multipurpose water projects that ultimately did far more than provide water for irrigation agriculture.

American citizens residing in Western states, employees of the U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, and water resource engineers, inspectors, and other professionals and students interested in water management and the history of water resources may be interested in this volume.

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