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<br />Sonoran Topminnow ... ................................................................................... ................................... .................. 64
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<br />Woundfin ........ .................. .... ............. ..... ................... ... ..... ... ..... ....... ................ ... ........ ................... .... ............ .....
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<br />Machete.. ..... ... ................ ................ ... ... ..................... ... ....................... ............. ........ ...... ... ...... ....... .......... ... .....
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<br />Striped Mullet .......................................................................................... ................................ ....................... ..... 65
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<br />The Future of Native Fish .......................................................................................................................................... 65
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<br />Acknowledgments ....... ......... .............. ..... ........ ......... ...... ..... ............. ............. .., ....... ........ ........... ..................... ... ..... ...
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<br />Sources of Information........................................................... ...................................... .............................................. 66
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<br />1. Henrich Balduin Mollhausen. Steamboat Explorer (Chimney Peak) water color and gouache on paper,
<br />1858, 1988.1.1. Courtesy of Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas .....................................................3
<br />2. Henrich Balduin Mollhausen. Distant view of the Mohave range of Needles, water color and gouache
<br />on paper, 1858, 1988.1.25. Courtesy of Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas ...................................4
<br />3. Henrich Balduin MOllhausen. Cottonwood Valley, water color and gouache on paper, 1858, 1988.1.33.
<br />Courtesy of Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas ...............................................................................4
<br />4. Photograph of Black Canyon taken in 1926 before Hoover Dam was built. Courtesy of the
<br />Bureau of Reclamation, Boulder City, Nevada ............................................................................................ 5
<br />5. Tracing ofa photograph taken of the Wheeler Expedition leaving Fort Mohave in 1871. Taken from
<br />Wheeler (1876). Courtesy ofthe U.S. Geological Survey Library, Denver, Colorado ............................... 5
<br />6. Broad expanses of the Lower Colorado River, exact location unknown (ca. early 1900's). Courtesy
<br />of the Bureau of Reclamation, Boulder City, Nevada ................................................................................. 6
<br />7. The lower river was typically bordered with cottonwood and willow trees. Courtesy of the Arizona
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<br />Historical Society, yuma................................................... ................................................. .......................... 7
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<br />8. Map of the undeveloped Colorado River Basin, pre-1903 ..........................................................................9
<br />9. Survey map of the Colorado River near Fort Mohave, Arizona Territory, drawn by First
<br />Lieutenant Eric Bergland, Corps of Engineers (Wheeler, 1876) ............................................................... II
<br />10. Map of the Colorado River delta, pre-191O (Sykes, 1937)........................................................................12
<br />II. Photograph of the Salt River flood of 1890. Courtesy of the Bureau of Reclamation, Boulder
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<br />City, Nevada..... ...... ............ ................ ............ .... ... ..... ..... ... .... ..................... ...... ...... ..... ......... ........ ..... ........ 13
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<br />12. Gila River flooding around 1900. Courtesy of the Bureau of Reclamation, Boulder City, Nevada .........14
<br />13. Colorado River ferry at Yuma, April 5,1909, 115-JAJ-732. Courtesy of the National Archives,
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<br />Washington, D. C. .............................................................. ................................................... ................. ..... 15
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<br />14. Schooner and steamboat exchanging cargo near Port Isabela in the Sea of Cortez (date unknown).
<br />Courtesy of the KLVX Steamboats on the Colorado Collection, University of Nevada,
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<br />Las Vegas Library.. ........................................................ ... ...................... ... ...... .................... ......... .............. 15
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<br />15. Map showing steamboat landings on the Colorado River between 1860 and 1870. Courtesy ofR.E.
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<br />Lingenfelter (1978) ........... ......................................................................................................................... 16
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<br />16. Steamboats and barges moored at their landing at Yuma (note Southern Pacific Railroad bridge in
<br />background [1877]). Courtesy of the Arizona Historical Society, Yuma .................................................. 17
<br />17. Comparative photographs of the Phoenix area taken from Tempe Butte in 1902 and 2002. 1902
<br />photograph courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey Library, Denver, Colorado ......................................18
<br />18. Primitive water lift believed to have been located in the Colorado River delta (date unknown).
<br />Courtesy of the Bureau of Reclamation, Yuma, Arizona ........................................................................... 18
<br />19. Early settlers using horse-drawn plows to help dig the first irrigation canals. Courtesy of the Arizona
<br />Historical Society, Tucson .......................................................................................................................... 19
<br />20. Picture of the dredge Delta cutting a new canal. Courtesy of the Arizona Historical Society, Tucson .... 20
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