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...
Automobiles; Irrigation; Reclamation of land; Watering troughs;
Camp G-145, Marsing, Idaho. Cement water troughs manufactured and placed for livestock by the Civilian Conservation Corps. Geo. Bullock was Camp Superintendent.
Constitution, by-laws, newsletters, and materials from annual conventions and banquets. Also includes reports on irrigation (1919); underground utilities in Boise (1938), and speeches and correspondence.
Includes ledger books, water sales, contracts, and other financial records. Also includes by-laws of the Big Wood River Reservoir and Canal Company, Ltd.
General correspondence; private files of executive officers; payroll account books; and other financial records of a company organized under the Carey Act in 1903, first to build canals and laterals and act as a land office and later to maintain...
By-laws, minutes, stock ledgers, deeds, leases, tax and financial records of a company handling water rights in Ada and Elmore counties in the Orchard, Idaho, area. James H. Hawley was the corporate secretary.
This booklet is 32 pages of photos and articles promoting the opportunities available to persons interested in moving to the Richfield and Dietrich area of Idaho. Views include farms crops, new buildings, civic groups, irrigation, and settlers.
Surveyors' camp for the North Side canal project, 1909. Horses and wagons fill the foreground. A group of men stand near tents, structures, equipment, and supplies in the background.
