PUB00068

• Year: 1952
• Title: A Hundred Years of Irrigatioin in Colorado, 100 Years of Organized and Continuous Irrigation
• Author: CWCB
• Description: Irrigation history of Colorado
• Publications - Doc Type: Historical

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CONTENTS

Program of Irrigation centennial at Alamosa,April 8, 1952. .

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IvIemoric.m to Judge Clifford H. Stone . . . .

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Invocation--Reverend J. L. "edina, Emmanuel Presbyterian Church,
Alamo~a. . . . . ... .. .. .. . .. . . ..

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Opening Statement--Chairman Charles A. Lory

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Summary of Address by His Excellency, Governor Dan Thornton

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The ~arly History of Irrigation in Colorado and the Doctrine of
Appropriation--Judge A. W. !licHendrie, Irrigation Attorney, Pueblo. 13

A Century of the Development of Water Administration in Colorado
--M. C. Hinderlider, Colorado State Engineer, penver . . . . 19

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Poudre Valley Contributions to Colorado Irrigation Practice
--J. C. McKinnon, Associate Professor of History, Colorado
A & M College. . . .. . .. . . . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ~ "" ........ 31

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More Efficient Use of Water Resulting from Consolidation of Ditches
and Regulation of Water Supplies--RoyceJ. Tipton, Consulting
Irrigatio~ Engineer, Denver .................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 41

Underground 'I!ater Resources of Colorado--;!V. E. Code, Associate
Irrigation Engineer, Colorado A & M College ......

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The Importance of Return Flow to Colorado Irrigators--R. L. Parshall,
Retired Engineer, Colorado A & ill College and Soil Conservation
Service, USDA .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. . .. 57

The 160-Acre Limitation Law--Jean S. Breitenstein, Legal Consultant,
Colorado Water Conservation Board, Denver ............ 63

Future Irrigation Development in Colorado--Clifford H. Stone,
Director, Colorado Water Conservation Board, Denver . . . . 71

Theodore C. Henry--Champion Irrigation Project Promoter--A. J. Hamman
Irrigation Specialist, Extension Service, Colorado A & !Ii College 79

How Well Have l~e Built?--Clifford H. stone, Director, Colorado
'~Vater Consoryation Board, Denver . . 89

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The Program at San Luis, April 10, 1952 . 99
A Brief Historical Review of San Luis--Delfino Salazar, Chairman
of the Program at San Luis . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Presentation of State Historical Society's Plaque--James C. Peabody,
Director, State Historical SOCiety, Pueblo. .'. . . . .. . .105
The Oldest Irrigation Decree in Colorado (A Photostatic copy) .. .106
A '\Iap of Area Around San Luis de' La Culebra Settled in 1852 . .. .no
Menu of Dinner Served by Mr. & Mrs. Delfino Salazar to Members of
the Governor's Committee, Their Families and Other Guests .111

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