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<br />n"""37<l <br />t' :J L. l <br /> <br />- 2 - <br /> <br />One photograph is a good representation of irrigated land - irrigated <br />orchards uncler the Grand Valley Reclam2tion Project. <br /> <br />If you are unable to use all of the photographs, moy I take the <br />liberty of suggesting the order dlich, b;,' all means, should be foll_<med, <br />a:; follows: First, the photo;;raph of the monument and plaque erected <br />at the headgate of the Snn Luis People's Ditch on April 10, 19;;2; <br />second, the modern heaQ'Ivorks recently erected on the Rio Grand Canal <br />in the Snn Luis Valley. (ms photo[>raph I am very anxious to h~ve <br />included because the Rio Grande Conal is one of t.he principal present- <br />day irrigation C-!lnals ill the San Wis Vcllley. These hondworks, erected <br />one-hundred years af'ter the Son Luis People's Ditch wns constructed <br />in 1852, shOW' the comparison 'between the early-day and present-day <br />structures of tf:is nature. Further, the people int.erested in irriga- <br />tion in the. &m Luis Valley are vury anxious th:lt the photograph of <br />thesc modern headworks be included in the article); tbird, Shadai'T <br />Mountain Reservoir and Dalir; a feature of the Colorado-Big Thompson <br />project (this photograph is desirable because it ehows a feature of <br />the largest Federal Reclamation Ilroject 1'Jhich has been undertaken in <br />this state); faur~ Vallecito Dam and Ileservoir, Federal Reclamation <br />project; (this. photograph is desirable because it portrlWs a structure <br />located in Region u. If this one is included, it will show an irriga- <br />tion structure in each of the three Dureau of Ileclrunation llegions <br />tihich lie partially in Colorado.) If space permits, the photograph ' <br />"Irrig:;tion ('rchardsn will be an e.xcellent. portr~al of the utiliza- <br />tion of wp.ter on the land, and, finEU.l;r, tlE photograph, "Direct . <br />Descendents" is one. of real human interest. in connection 1111.1;.11 the <br />Centennial celebration. <br /> <br />\ <br />I trust that you will find the article which J: have prepared <br />acceptable and I assure you that I found it quite diffi.cult to cover <br />onephundrcd years of irrigation developI!lent in Colorado in one-thousand <br />words . <br /> <br />Yours very tru1;y, <br /> <br />Clifford H. Stone, Director <br />Colorado .later Conservation Board <br /> <br />CHSldjh <br />Enclosures <br />