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<br />, <br /> <br /> <br />OG"12 <br /> <br />'1 <br /> <br />Section II <br />The pr.e-Congressional Period 193'1-1952' <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />In thi s section of the hi story of t ~.e F'ryingpan- <br />Arkansas Project we will look at the m~jor events in the project <br />which occurred in the period 19]'(-1 '752 and laid the ground work <br /> <br />for the projects introduction in Congress. <br /> <br />First of all, in 1937, following many years of no state <br /> <br />organization in water matters, water users,in the state bee;an <br /> <br /> <br />pressing for such an agency and as a result the Colorado \{ater <br /> <br />Conservation Board was established by the state legislature. <br />This board was headed by the Governor, a director, and repre- <br />sentatives from various areas throughout the state. This agency <br />could now provide official leadership not only for intrastate <br />20 <br />but also interstate matters as well. Judge Clifford Stone was <br />the first Director of the Colorado \"ater Conservation Board and <br /> <br />immediately began negotiations <br />Slopes in regard to a diversion <br /> <br />between the <br />21 <br />project. <br /> <br />Eastern and Western <br /> <br />It now becomes ob- <br /> <br />vious that serious work is beginning on the proj ec't and that <br /> <br /> <br />, one of the early problems of the project bas been solved with <br /> <br /> <br />the creation of the Colorado Water Conservation Board. <br /> <br />Tre start of this interest in water centered in the La <br />Junta region and soon spread to Pueblo and other areas in the <br />Southeastern section of the state. Two important people who <br /> <br />~o <br />Christy, p. 42. <br />21 <br />Hoag, p. 130. <br />