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<br />" <br />,,' <br /> <br />,~ <br /> <br />No schooling <br />8 years or less <br />4 years of high school or less <br />4 years of college or more <br /> <br />0.4 percent <br />9.1 percent <br />25.8 percent <br />18.6 percent <br /> <br />More than half of the adult population (55.6 percent) have had some <br />schooling at the high school or college level, but have not completed four <br />years of college. The distribution of schooling received for the adult <br />population is illustrated in Appendix A, page A-29. <br /> <br />The annual (1970 census) family income is: <br /> <br />$10,000 or more <br />$5,000 - $10,000 <br />Less than $5,000 <br />$4,000 and less <br /> <br />53 percent <br />33 percent <br />14 percent <br />7 percent <br /> <br />, ' <br />, <br /> <br />The value of agricultural land and buildings is about $3,000 per acre <br />with a range from $1,000 to $5,000. The market value of agricultural pro- <br />ducts produced on irrigated land in 1974 was estimated at $90 per acre <br />(net). The major crops in descending order of abundance, if not importance, <br />are alfalfa, pasture, barley and sudan cut for forage. At present, about <br />three-fourths of the cropland is planted to alfalfa. In the past, specialty <br />crops, such as sugar beet seed, have been grown. <br /> <br />The forage and grain crops produced are fed to cows at several dairies <br />and feedlots, and are used in wintering beef cattle. Increased crop pro- <br />duction will probably be fed to milk cows since the rapidly growing Las <br />Vegas, Nevada area provides an increasing milk market. <br /> <br />Employment - Most of the employed population works within the area. <br />The labor force of the area comprises approximately 67 percent of the popu- <br />lation over 16 years of age. About 94 percent is civilian labor and about <br />95 percent of the labor force is employed. Small changes in population <br />density, social and economic conditions will occur whether or not the sali- <br />nity control measures are implemented. <br /> <br />Historic and Archeo10gic - The study area is known to be a rich <br />archeological region (see Appendix A, page A-30). Evidence of an extensive <br />development by the Anasazi Indians exists near the confluence of Beaver Dam <br />Wash and Virgin River. Other sites inhabited by the Indians exist along the <br />lower Virgin River Valley. These sites are believed to date from about <br />A. D. 500 to about A. D. 1150. The area was settled very early and there <br />remains several remnants of that early history. Edward Bunker, Sr. led a <br />group of Mormons to the area and founded Bunkerville in January 1877. <br />Mesquite was first settled in 1879; abandoned due t~ repeated flooding in <br />1891; and resettled in 1895. The historic trails crossing the study area <br />are the Yount-Pattie (1826) and Joseph Walker (1833). The Archeological <br />Research Center, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and the Southern Nevada <br />Historical Society maintain information on what is presently known about the <br />area. Although rich in pioneer history, there are no known archeological <br />or historical sites (on or eligible for the National Register of Historic <br />Places) in the area bounded by the existing off-farm distribution system. <br /> <br />25 <br /> <br />(,,\r,~82. <br />!.Iv'- <br />