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<br />.. . . . <br />. t"... <br /> <br />3G4~ <br />(; .'METROPOLlTAN WATER DISTRICT <br /> <br />CHRONOLOGY OF <br />COLORADO RIVER AQUEDUCT <br /> <br />1856 Thomas H. Blythe settled in Palo Verde Valley, probably <br />making first California use of Colorado River water. <br />1860 O. M. Wozencraft and Ebenezer Hadley proposed irriga- <br />tion and colonization of 3,000,000 acres in Imperial Valley, <br />using canal routc through Mexico via Alamo River. <br />1877 .July 17. Thomas H. Blythe made first filing on Colorado <br />River water for use on his Blythe Rancho in Palo Verde <br />Valley. <br />1900 Construction of Imperial Canal started by California Devel- <br />opment Company following the Alamo River for 50 miles <br />through M.exico. <br />1902 June 17. Federal Reclamation Act approved. <br />1905 November. Colorado River broke into Imperial Valley <br />causing great damage and creating widespread consciousness <br />of need for flood control on the river. <br />1907 February. Colorado River break finally closed. <br />1914 Congress appropriated $50.000 for study of entire Colo- <br />rado River Ba:::iin. <br />1918 February. Agreement executed between United States <br />and Imperial Irrigation District for construction of the AlI- <br />American Canal. <br />June. Issuance of report by John T. Whistler, engineer, <br />U. S. Bureau of Reclamation, recommended storage projects <br />on upper Colorado River totaling 10,000,000 to 12.000.000 <br />acre-feet. <br />1920 November. Preliminary report on problems of Imperial <br />Valley and vicinity transmitted by Director A. P. Davis, of <br />the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation. to Secretary of Interior. <br />1921 May. Report issued by board of engineers (A. J. Wiley. <br />James Munn. J. L, Savage, W. R. Young) declaring Boulder <br />Dam physically practicable and financially feasible. <br />August. An Act passed by Congress permitting a compact <br />between the states of the basin regarding disposition and <br />apportionment of Colorado River water. <br />1922 January. Colorado River Commission organized in Wash- <br />ington, D. C. Meetings were held in all basin states except <br />Nevada. <br />