The Black Canyon Dam was constructed on the Payette in 1924 not as a storage facility, but to divert water into the Emmett and Black Canyon Canals, which vastly increased the irrigated acreage in Gem County and the Emmett Valley. This photograph...
Weiser, Washington Co. Idaho. Center of the Fruit Section of the Irrigated Empire. A Paradise for the Fruitgrower, Farmer and Stockman. Inset car traveling along the Weiser River. Inset map of Idaho showing the location of Washington County.