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<br />C <br /> <br /> <br />()~1772 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />occupied in 1860 as a farm, the present city has steadily grown <br /> <br /> <br />with the irrigation and coal mining interprises adjacent. In 1920 <br /> <br /> <br />one-third of the coal output. of the State of Colorado came from the <br /> <br /> <br />Trinidad area. This has subsequently reduced due to causes other <br /> <br /> <br />than lack of this mineral resource. Operations by the Colorado <br /> <br /> <br />Fuel and Iron Company, owner of the C. & W. railroad, and the <br /> <br /> <br />American Smelting and Refining Company as well as those of other <br /> <br /> <br />interests continue to be big factors in maintaining the economic <br /> <br /> <br />balance of this area. Industries associated with lands are stock <br /> <br /> <br />raising and crop production both irrigated and dry farmed. <br /> <br /> <br />The ueed for flood control has been appa:rent since 1904 for <br /> <br /> <br />the city of Trinidad with its many industrial enterprises, as well <br /> <br /> <br />as highly developed railroad systems occupying the narrow valley. <br /> <br /> <br />Similarly irrigation systems are in a vulnerable position with <br /> <br /> <br />respect to floods. The 1904 flood ~as, however, forgotten to a <br /> <br /> <br />great extent UYltil the great flood in the Arkansas River at Pueblo, <br /> <br /> <br />Colorado, in J\U1e of 1921. Still no plan was brought forward for <br /> <br /> <br />the prot0ction of the Trinidad area, but Idth the flood of 1925, <br /> <br /> <br />while of small volume and short duration, some concern was felt by <br /> <br /> <br />the citizenry fOI' thoir continuod security. 'I'his factor, together <br /> <br /> <br />.lith subsequent rocurring high flows and the pOSSibility of financing <br /> <br /> <br />flood control structures with Federal funds, led to the first flood <br /> <br /> <br />control plan, by local interests, which was prepared under the <br /> <br /> <br />direction of J'. H. GrHfin, in 1933-1935, then Supervising Engineer <br /> <br /> <br />at Trin:l.dad, Colorado, for the Works Progress AdministI'ation. In- <br /> <br /> <br />terest continued to grow until the Bureau of Reclamation, of the <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br />