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Water Supply Protection
File Number
8276.750
Description
Colorado River-Salinity Projects and Issues Located in Colorado-Mancos Valley
State
CO
Basin
San Juan/Dolores
Water Division
7
Date
5/1/1937
Author
BOR FCMerriel
Title
The Mancos Project-Western Slope Surveys-Colorado-The Mancos Project
Water Supply Pro - Doc Type
Report/Study
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<br />At Cortez, 15 Illilefl west of loIencol!, U'. S. H1t(h\'!ey 666 runs couth <br /> <br />to Cellup, Uew Muico, ll/JIJ 15 III ($ood connootion to the <br /> <br />Pecific South1li6St. It iJl ;"~Bible to go lIortll frOill Cortez <br /> <br />on St.ete H:l.gll'liay,.L45 or from D'.lrengo on U. s. aighl\'ay 550. <br /> <br />Rn11ro~d ~ervice 13 not f1~~t class, a8 trains Bre infre- <br />quent, r"teB erc geneI'ally bigh. llnd trlmefer of both freight <br />end vaBsenaere to broed W!ge linea 16 neae611!l.r;y' fOl' all ex- <br />CE>yt :>trictl;; :Cocal t.rul.'fic. High1/B;{ r6cilltiee erli being <br />improved r"pidly. 1'rucidng through end out 0.1: the region <br />i6 gl"odnS ';l1d ,::l.8S alrcadl '~h'!!ng>1ld the kind of crops pro- <br /> <br />dllced i.<l BO'll:.h""starn Color'Jdo to II considerable p.xtent. <br /> <br />IRRIGATION DEVELOPMY-NT <br /> <br />The Mancos Valley w'!!s first settled about 1871; <br /> <br />the Heyden llll!pa of lii75 (field "ork done in 13741 ellol' the <br /> <br />location of "~erritt's Rauoh" near the he~d of toe vnlley. <br /> <br />It 19 und9rstood from locel eourc~a tll0t the M~nefee fam1ly <br /> <br />elsoBettled in t:19 vtllle;r "t t.'2B 99J1lB time, ~r.d deeoa."1d~nts <br /> <br />of the original Menof,,~s live on th~ ho~e Vl~c9 to1p.y. From <br /> <br />0. time sllortly ufter the C1vil Wer clIltU iS73 the lIte Iodi!!n <br /> <br />Rallorvation included the ltt nd in Colorado eO'l'th of lsti t:.lde <br /> <br />400 12' U. 001 west o~ th~ l07th Meridian. In the lottor <br /> <br />~ <br />~ <br /> <br />year, olting to the ?t"8sS\lre of roin1ne intarl;lote, tho United <br />S~ltos purchased 3,000,010 aerep. from tbe Indians, whi~h 1n- <br /> <br />eluded ~ith the minet"~l lends in the San Ju~n Mountnlna, <br />practically ell 01' tlle Mancos Velley. <br /> <br />7 <br />
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