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Irrigation in the Rio Grande Valley, New Mexico: A Study and Annotated Bibliography of the Development of Irrigation Systems

Wozniak, Frank E.
1998
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This publication reviews both published and unpublished sources on Puebloan, Hispanic, and Anglo-American irrigation systems in the Rio Grande Valley. Settlement patterns and Spanish and Mexican land grants in the valley are also discussed. The volume includes an annotated bibliography.

Title
Irrigation in the Rio Grande Valley, New Mexico: A Study and Annotated Bibliography of the Development of Irrigation Systems
Author(s)
Wozniak, Frank E.
Subject(s)
Issue Date
1998-05
Publication Type
Report
Digital Object Identifier
https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.404159
Record Identifier
https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/404159
Language
English
Total Pages
218
Note
Prepared for USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. Contents: Introduction --- Seventeenth Century Irrigation Agriculture --- Spanish Colonial New Mexico: 1692-1821 --- Patterns of Settlement in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries --- The Mexican Regime and Land Grants in the Rio Grande Valley --- Irrigation Systems in the Rio Grande Valley: 1694-1846 --- Existing Irrigation Systems in the Late Nineteenth Century --- Irrigation Development: 1846-1910 --- Irrigation Development: 1910-1945 --- Irrigation After World War II --- Conclusions --- Bibliography (Primary Sources – Published Sources).
Series Statement
RMRS-P-2
Record Appears in
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) > USDA Miscellaneous

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