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<br />""l\\ <br />~& <br /> <br />south boundary of this tract, called the Ute Ceded Lands, runs <br /> <br />across the project in the vicinity 2f the settlement of Falfa. <br /> <br />; <br /> <br />There had been farming on a snall scale along the NC~ncos, <br /> <br />La Plata, and Animas Rivers before the ceded lands were purchased, <br /> <br />and these settlements soon grew to abo:ut their present size. <br /> <br />Settlement on Florida and Pino Rivers ~~s not so rapid, <br /> <br />as thore ~~s little desirable land outside the reservation, and it <br /> <br />was not until the reservation was opened NCay 4, 1899, that settle- <br /> <br />ment really began. At this opening the Ute Indians accepted 374 <br /> <br />allotments of land, with a total of 60,000 acres, and the remain- <br /> <br />ing 636,000 acres was soen culled over 'lnd the better lands settled. <br /> <br />Frnm that time the history of the project has been typical <br /> <br />e <br />''''4.~ <br /> <br />of newly settled areas in the irrigated West. Experiment led to <br /> <br />c~er-production of crops not suited to the country, or for which <br /> <br />markets were not 'lvailable. This with a slow but fairly constant <br /> <br />growth breught ",bout the farming of more hnd than the natural <br /> <br />flow of the r hers would serve. <br /> <br />This fact was recognized as early as 1910, but a period <br /> <br />of increased runoff followed and the settlers lost sight of the <br /> <br />need far st0rage. The greatly reduced runoff of the last 10 years <br /> <br />has again demonstrated that need. <br /> <br />Previ0us Investigations. <br /> <br />During the early years of the present century when the <br /> <br />Carey Act was in active operation, the Pine River valley was the <br /> <br />scene of a proposed pr0ject under this act. From 1906 to 1912 <br /> <br />4 <br />