WSP04080

• File Number: 8220.114.J
• Description: Dolores Participating Project
• State: CO
• Basin: San Juan/Dolores
• Water Division: 7
• Date: 1/1/1983
• Author: USDOI-BOR
• Title: The River of Sorrows - The History of the Lower Dolores River Valley
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Publication

CONTENTS

PREFACE...................................... 5

INTRODUCTION........... .... ..... .......... 7

CHAPTER ONE.. . .. .. .. .. .. .. . . .. . . . .. . .. .. ... 9
"Valley of the River of Sorrows:
A Historical Overview of the Dolores River Valley."
Duane A. Smith

CHAPTER TWO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
"Ranching and Farming in the Lower Dolores River Valley."
Linda Dishman

CHAPTER THREE .............................43
"Eastern Capital and Frontier Initiative:
The History of the Montezuma Valley Irrigation System."
Maureen Gerhold

CHAPTER FOUR............... ...............57
"McPhee, Colorado: A 20th Century Lumber Company Town."
Lisa Mausolf

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