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<br />on ",ator from the Fort Lc.r"l".io Crenal, Sll"pJ.or"entod by L.'\l'nmic Rivor
<br />flo';}s. T[\ihl~ter is r9t"rnod to tho NCl.th Pktto River. The
<br />inst~11ed cnp~eity is 1,400 kN.
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<br />On J~unry 1, 1927, the Burunu of Recl~m~tion turned the oper-
<br />u.t5.cn 8.nd rnc.inte!lc.!1ce or the Fort L~~ro.mio Division over to the r':-cring
<br />t Ft. Larx~ic ~nd tho Goshen Irrigation Dirtricts, Certain reserved
<br />vJOrks, i. c., the Pnthfindor, Gucrnso:.~, and V1h:::-.lon Dr-,ms :.-,nd tho Lin:~lc
<br />['.~d Gucrnso:v PovH.:rpln.n"ts Y~8rO rctr,iYlc:d ccnd Qre opcr:.-.tcd by t11c J)urcCl.u.
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<br />Popukt~
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<br />In tho dcws of tl:o rnn:e country the populo.tiol1 of the c.roC. we.S
<br />s,"c,11' nnd Y;idoly scnttorcda The urbclll c.roc.s ','oro like.iisa SIC,c.ll c.nd
<br />f.:'.r cct-;Jccno SOli1C of the tor.JllS novI in the project :.-~rc::., such o.s L~/mc.!1
<br />r.nd Gcottsoluff, ....lere eithc;r not in existence ~t the turn of the
<br />coo',tury or '"'ero of little import.".llce. '"lith trio cOClln:; of" tho r~il-
<br />ro"ds nn<', the developmont of -::ho North 1'1ntto Projoct both ur;oc.n lend
<br />rural popul;:.tion 'ue':;:J.n to incroc.,Sefl Tho Consus Burec.u figures for
<br />Scotts Bluff County, Eebraskc., c'lOd Goshen County, Wyoming, cere tc.bu,.
<br />lc.ted 'oclo':1 for the ,roars 1820, 1930, nnd 19400
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<br />T:-.blo 2.--Popul~.tion Groy:th: Scotts Bl'J.f'f ~.nd Goshen CotU1tios,
<br />1920-1940
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<br />Census Scotts Bluff Goshen
<br /> Rur~l Urb~n Tocc.l Rurc.l Urbc.n T ot2h...
<br />1920 8,174 12,536 20~710 6,400 1,664 8,064
<br />1930 1'0,666 15, 978 28,644 9,017 2,737 11,754
<br />1940 13,441 20,476 33, 917 6,712 3,495 12,207
<br />Sourcc__Buroo.u of thG Census.
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<br />The nunorical illeroase duril1S the deendo bet\"lccn 1920 cmd 1930
<br />rl"s srorctest in tho rllrr.l clc.ssii'icc.tiono During the 1930-1940 decado
<br />tho trm.1d s......J1J.J"1g to Ctn urb::ln increr:.so. Estimates of urbo.n popuL::.tions
<br />br,sod on locnl studies in difforent C.rons indier.to th:'.t this trend
<br />hc;.s ~o:ltinucd Hith grco:t.cr impct'~,,S since the 1940 Federal Censuso
<br />Tc.b10 3 lists tho urbnn centers in Scotts Bluff nnd ::ioshe!l CO\.L1ties.
<br />i11ustrnting this trend. Tho farm popuJ.:"Ltion 011 tho North :'lcetto
<br />Projoct ~ppoars to hnvo becoClo fClirly stc.tilizod in recent years.
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