WSP11326

• File Number: 8141
• Description: Fryingpan-Arkansas Project
• State: CO
• Basin: Arkansas
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 9/27/1990
• Author: The Pueblo Chieftan
• Title: The Fryingpan-Arkansas Project A Vision Fulfilled
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Project Overview

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The day the president came to Pueblo:'

R~ n IiUS \\'oonl\ \
71" r""h/,. Chid/alii
Fill" m:,") Plll.'bloan". the ~trong.:~t
memory of the 2R-)''';If Fr}'ill~r;II\'
Arl.am;!, rrojccl wa.. the fir:,>l da~ of ib
C\i:.lcncC'.
rrc)id~'nl John F. Kenneu) !-igncd the
rn)jccl into klll on Thl1~da>. Aug. 16,
196!.
The IIC\t d,l), h~' II a, (In an iljrrl,tn~.
10 m;lkc a \\hirh\ind \('lur of\\c':>h:rn \\>l.
ICf rrojC{:b.
ru~'blo \\'\.'k,\llll'd Pn:"u.knl Kennedy
"112:53 .r,m- that da) and \Iatched him
ka\(~ at _:4-1 p.m. An C'ollmatcJ 50,000
r':(lpk (urno:d DullO ~l'\'lhc rrc...iJcnl
;,long Ihe c1Fhl-mik mule from the air-
r(lr{ to the ('ucbll) Public S..:hoo\ Foot-
t'lall Stadium (ncn\ Dutch Clark),
About 1 ~.()(lO pcork liIkd the stand..
and 1i,'IJ:II the ,{;,dium, \d1\:rc "':CTllll'.
d)". GO\. Stele !\kl"\id10h and other
(lffi..:iab :Illnounl'\.'d thl' birth ('f th\.'
Fryingr;ln-l\rJ..:1l1";1~ pwj\.'ct.
"Thi.. projl'ClI" an in\\.'..tlllcnt in .hl'
future of the ("('untf) and the growth 01
the We..t," Kl'llned) (vld Ihe cn\wd I
Iwpc thi.. projl'ct \\ ill \\ rill' a cunser.
\;\tion ""cNd ~l","(\nd to nonl'. Thi.. j.."
gn:at countr). I bdie\l' il d...-..:rve..thc
t>.:..lf"ribnti/>.:lh."
Kl'nnl'dy !)f'\,J...l' f"r abl'ul I:; minulc)
at Ih.: -;.laJium fIll lhal ~unn) ;\ugu..t
d;l)'
Tlll're \\('rc (ltlwr \'\.:nl.. inlh(' \\orlJ
Ih..11 day' Ihat ""u!d \.'\"'lIlt",lI) turo Oul
\0 be more impOI'l;lllllh:\l1 a \\<lI\.'f "pro.
)"'l'1 ill Pueblo.
Then: was turmoil in Southca~l A,ia
lh:lI would c..e<llate in\\) Ih.: \"ktn..11ll
War. Wall) Shirr;! \\;h cl1o..('n 10 Nbit
Ill.: carth in a '1';II.:e program that \\ould
on\.' day land men ('11th.: moon.,\rgu-
1l1('nb o\er I:ms requiring :-...:Iwvl pra)\'r
\Iac heading fM thr.' Supreme COUll.
SO\ i':l mis..ik.. \\\.'re moving toward
Cuba. The Ci\ il Rights mOh'1ll\'nl \\ ~h
in its cmbryonk slage...
Rut th(' presidel1t t(\l'J... tJlne out from
all of th;1I (0 C0I111' II' I)ueblo and t;llJ...
at>(lut a \\~lIer pn\jl.'\.'t, .,h;tk\, a f~'\\ hand~
and \\.1\1:' .11 ;Idmiring cro\....h.
^ link lllor... than ;\ )~M bt.:r Kenne-

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'This project Is an Investment In
the luture 01 the country and the
growth 01 the West. I hope this
project will write a conservation
record second to none. This Is a
great country. I believe It de.
serves the best lor Its citizens.'

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d) I\ould oc ils.sa~sin;lk-d in Dall;...,
rc'as. The' n:lIiOll would oc shoclcd and
fNe\'C'r changl.'d b) the .,hooling,

But that had not )\'1 harIX'lIed on
Aug. 17, 1%1. Kcnllcd} C;Jm(' to Pueblo.

111: lalJ...l.'d about \\ater. And he made it
sound 1iJ...\,the mo~1 impOrlilnt lhing in
Ihe world.
Th~ CfOll d \\ en! \1 ild \1 hen he' told
them:

"The' "orld Tna) ha\\.' t>\~n huilt in
~':\en day"', but thi.. rroj\.'C1 has laJ...\'n 30
)e':HS of hard "or'" in this stdl\'. . . All)-
lhing \\e' bl.'gin loda)" \\ill be for Ih~N:
\\ho come :lftcr us."

'The world may have been built in seven days, but this
project has taken 30 years 01 hard work In this state. . .
Anything we begin today will be lor those who come alter
us.'

CONGRATULATIONS
to the
Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District
on the
Completion and Dedication of the
FRYINGPAN-ARKANSAS PROJECT

Thi:; Project Helps Secure A Dependable
Supply of Quality Water for Pueblo's Future

Kennedy gels 8 souvenir frying pan Irom Sen. John Carroll (left)
at right, SecretiJry of the fnterior Stewart Udal( and Gov. Steve McNichols

Board of Water Works
of Pueblo, COlorado