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<br />Floods and droughts prompted area
<br />to do something about water supply
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<br />I:k)od) and dusl 00\\ Is (,'nrcrl."d prom i-
<br />Ill'llIh into the Ihinkin~ \.\hich rc,>uhed in
<br />the r'r)'intPJn.^rkan~...) Projc\"t,
<br />T ~)lllmy 'rhomson, Jin:ctor of the
<br />Southeastern ColonuJo Con)('nancy
<br />Di!>lrkl, C\plaincJ lh.H farmers Olnd ur-
<br />bioln kad.::rs tint bcran talkjur about im-
<br />rrO\inz \.\~l[t"r supply and control after
<br />the flow ll( 19=1.
<br />The fl00d killc.-..I more Ih.m ~OO ~pk.
<br />,I'> it inundated PUl.blo an" mw.:h of the
<br />tower Ark..lR:.a:. Vallev. The Arkan"<ls
<br />Riu'r .lnd '-ouotain ('''''l,'k both spilk'J
<br />O\ef Ih~jr b;lnb. "a~hin.s away 510
<br />home~. wrcaldll$ ha\oc on city !>treelS
<br />.101.1 e\cn l>"eeplOg \\-hole Irain:. olTlhdr
<br />Ita..:).;). The bodk") of, ktim:. \\ erc found
<br />e'en 30 }c:ah OJfI.:r thc: nood.
<br />""ft~'r ~hat. Ih~') :.lan~'J lkl}ing.
<br />thc:re\ 1!'o( to \)( a b.:ttc:r \"a\l."lhom:'~lJl
<br />Slid. .
<br />. Fc:~er.ll en~ineerin!': :.tudie~ of potc:n-
<br />llal sl1~'s for dams. k\ees anJ beg.to in
<br />the lale 19~Os <lnd conlinuc:J through (hc:
<br />1930::0.
<br />1"C"':. of Ihc: Big Tholllp~n Project in
<br />(h~ Illlrth"tn half of Ihe ::otale ,lfld \..,IIl:r
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<br />projects in California and ,\ri/ona kl'pt
<br />l'othusiaSIll high for ",,)IllC: sort of\\aler
<br />projCl.t onthc Ar"-ans;\s Rih'r.
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<br />The Iegis1.ltion \\ hich alJo\\~J flltllla-
<br />lion of a l'om~'n...mcy dislrict - ;1 largl'
<br /><lrc:a of common ink'rl'st d~'"il:m~'J h)
<br />obtain and prO(~'l.t \\al~r rights - \\.1)
<br />p.hSl'J by Congrc:ss in 1937.
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<br />^s Ih~ :lrea \\as ;;ho"-ing;Hl Ju~t in the
<br />1930's, farml'h in Crowle) Coum} built
<br />Ihe T\l.'in lakes proje..:T. ..\hi..:h broughl
<br />"ater from Ihe Roaring r'ork Ri\t'r anJ
<br />!llores il in Twin Lak.\."s Ilcar Le-,hhilk.
<br />That proj~ct lalcr ~comc ;1.,$OCialOO
<br />with $torage l'ap,IC}IY un,,!.:r Ihc: I"tying-
<br />pan-,\rkansa$ ProJ~...:I.
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<br />T ;.Ilk aWul bringing n,,'\\ \\..llcr 1010
<br />the "rk.an~:. Valley continucd inlO Ihc:
<br />mid-1940s. whcn thc: Water DCh'!-
<br />llpmcnl A)...oci.l~ioo of Southl'a)I~'rn
<br />ColorJdo \h1:) formed.
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<br />The group formeJ in 1943 \\ilh rr..nk
<br />Johnslon of Rock} Ford as ils lir)1 prl's.
<br />id,,'nt. It inl'orporated in 1946 under Ihe
<br />Ic:.hkr~hip of DJmian Ducy of Pueblo.
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<br />'With Ihe Fryingpan.Arkansas
<br />Projecl, Ihe area can grow. Wllh.
<br />out II, we will have 10 begin con.
<br />sidering how to stand stilI.'
<br />- Frank S. Hoag Jr.
<br />Sept. 17, 1953
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<br />Sb.'rrh ,Ilkr World \V;lr II. the nalllln
<br />\\,1.. in I1ln. Thl' ('('lUnlry opthni;,II\.'aJly
<br />\-1,1' l:!7anng up f,)r indll.,tri,tl gr~l\\ th,
<br />lhe nppk;, .If the r"hH\ar ee.morn}
<br />wa"hed O\l'r inlo the ,\rLu1";1'; Valk} "...
<br />\\1,11.
<br />But Ihc communi!\ kaJl'rs of Ih,,' er,l
<br />".twa m;ljM ;,tumbling ~I(lck In <1\l'r.
<br />comc in any qUC:~1 f,'r gro\\ Ih \\'~llcr.
<br />So the} be!!:lll rlhhinl! hc:a\lly fl)r.1
<br />rroject tl) bring \\aler from the \h'"fI.'rn
<br />Slope - \\llh II' abulldJnl rainfall and
<br />~p:lt',C poPIll:Llion - h) Ihc: Ark:lOs....
<br />Rl\'I:'r ba,in. whc:r.... irri~ated agriclllltlr.:
<br />.In..l city wat~'r "y.,IC:II1" dl'f'\.'ndl'd ,111 ,I
<br />ri\"c:r th;\( often \-Ia.. onlY.1 Irid.k by thc
<br />limc: il re,lI:hl'd Ihc ..Ial..: linl'.
<br />r,c:n in 19-1S, \\h~'n dill.... from S.thJa
<br />to Lamar !!athcrl'J to dilol'U'.. I'at~'r
<br />n...C'(h, ":O!lcern" ab""lut wall'r lju,Jlil)o I\...re
<br />-,~.urfa"'in!-,, Farm...r... h;IJ llmg rl.....'ogniA."j
<br />thc n..cJ for ,I dc:pcnJ.lhk 1\,ltc:r ~uppl)'.
<br />Thl' pm.W\.'1 originally ~'1I\ i.,ionl'd ,I dl.
<br />""rsllm fn'l11 the Gunlli"on Ri\cr and
<br />.lth('r Irjbutafl"'~ of thc: C(llorado RiH'r.
<br />As il pro~:rl'~~l'd o",'r thc y~'ar~. the "~'.lrC
<br />llf lhe enlire prokct ""'e.utle limi!(xl to
<br />Ihe tirsl pha..c of Ih.: ~lriginal Projl'l-t
<br />construeti.1n of a r..:'>.:t\,)ir on thc:
<br />l"ryingp..1Il Ri\cr neM '\~IX'n. tr,lllsPOr(-
<br />ing it thrlHlgh Ihe ('Ol1(inenlal 01\11.11.' \ia
<br />IUnn..:! ,1I1d mQ\ing il inlo thl' ^rka/ls:h
<br />b;l~in for ~torage- in mounlain 1.ll.l'., and
<br />a new r~"l't\oir nC:<.Ir rue-blo. While the
<br />original GUllni"on Projl"('( eO\i,iolll'd
<br />357.000 ane-fe-cl l'al'h \car, lhe C\l.'tltu;d
<br />proj\.'\:t "-oulJ bring an- ;l\~'ragc of jU,>1
<br />69.100 ;...:rc:-t'c:l'l.
<br />The popular ,honhallJ for Ih~' pmj.....:t
<br />hccamc: thc: Fryingp,Ill-ArJ.an"I" Pnljccl.
<br />rhc name lOOk. on c\cn more signifi.
<br />caneI.' whcn b;j~'h'r" of Ihc: projl'~'t bt'gan
<br />pcJdling go1dc:n fry ingrans up and d0\\ n
<br />Ih~' \alky.
<br />In 19.5-'. Chieftain-Slar Journal Pub.
<br />Ii..hc:r hank S. !loag Jr. lold localle<.lJ-
<br />ers: "\\'~. ha\c: a gold mine he-reo but it i,>
<br />up 10 U'> 10 d.:",'h'r it."
<br />Through the ye<.lrs. Ihe Arkan".I,> Val-
<br />ky "atc:r promoters had to f.:nd off
<br />oppo,>ilion not only from thc: \VC'>!l'rn
<br />Slopc. but olher :.Iale-s as ,,-dl. In 195-1. a
<br />"California bo)o('Ou" \~J" rropo~eJ in
<br />Ihe ,\rkansJ~ Valk) by Puc:blo businl'~'1-
<br />1ll.1ll Damian Ouey, he<.ld oflhe dc:\l'I-
<br />opmcm group from 1946 unIl119.5~.
<br />An l'stimat..:d $30.000 \\ as ...pcnl in
<br />1954 trying 10 ddc:at thc: fryingpan-
<br />Arkansas proj~\.'I. whil'h ,,-a,> aUlhoriLcd
<br />by the Sen;.lte- th.lt }c:ar. but fail.:d to
<br />f;.lin lJou~e appro\al S...n. [lIg~'ne 'IiI-
<br />likin v.as ghen widc:sprl.'ad (Tt'dit for
<br />obtaining .:onlinual ~upport bolh in the-
<br />Sl'nall' and. from Ilrcsidl.'nt [i~nhowe-r.
<br />Charlcs Bou~tc:ad ~~as l'ICi:t..'J pre:.j-
<br />denl oflhe wat..:r u~c:rl>' group in lal~
<br />19S~, At Ihc: ~ame time. lhe ground\-\ork
<br />\\ as laid [0 form Ihc SOlltlwaslcrn Colo-
<br />r~h.lo W;.Ill'r Comeniln~'y Di'ltrkt. whkh
<br />nO~\I...weompa~sl's a n;nc:....ounlj ;.Irc:a.
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<br />Chieftain publisher
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<br />Damian Duey
<br />warer development leader
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<br />Rep. J. Edgar Chenoweth
<br />feci fight in Congress
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<br />Thc s;.lks of goldl'n fr}ingp.Jn'l in Ihc
<br />\alk} ~\cre bri'lk. Burros \\crc: U"I.'J 10
<br />l';.Ifr> thc frYlIlgpans!O 10\\ n~ up and
<br />dO\~1I thc \allc:y. During Walcr Wee-k ill
<br />hnuary of 1955 1!roup" \\We able lO buy
<br />"mall fr)ingpans for S.5 :lnd tlfic OIlC:'
<br />for SIOO or more. 'lorc: than 530,000
<br />\l,as r.ti...eJ b) the (nd of lhl' weck, Thc:
<br />moncy wa~ U'l'J to '>l'nd ba.:kl'rs of Iho:
<br />projcl'lto \Va~hington, D,C.
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<br />R~'p. J. E..lgar Chcno\~e!h faithfully
<br />kd Ih.... fighl for the projel.:t in the Hou.,c:
<br />of R,'prc:sc:ntalhe~ Ihrough thc: 1950\.
<br />Year after )l'ar the ~(ruggk for appro\>11
<br />remOJined lhe ...amc - tho.: projcl'l p;.l')~J
<br />th~ Sc-nJIC:, but faikd in thc !lou'>e.
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<br />rin<.llly. in 196~, the !lou~c pa.."cJ Ih.:
<br />rrjingparh\rlo.ansa~ Projc:ct on June 13.
<br />The Senale appro\c:J Ihe project OIl
<br />Au)!. 6. Pre'liJ,'nt Kl'nn.:Jy ~ignc:d the
<br />proJ,'ct inlo law on ,.\ug. 16.
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<br />As Ch..:no"eth nol.:J aftl.'r long-
<br />a\l,i\;tc:d pa)~<.Ige of the mea~urc in the
<br />Senate. Ih~ approval opened a ncw era
<br />f0r thc: ,\rk;lns.l~ \'alJ~'y'.
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