Watering the Valley
eBook - ePub

Watering the Valley

Development along the High Plains Arkansas River, 1870-1950

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eBook - ePub

Watering the Valley

Development along the High Plains Arkansas River, 1870-1950

About this book

James Earl Sherow contends that a vast network of problems in the arid West has sprung from the mistaken notion that water is a commodity to be bought, sold, and traded. This ill-conceived approach to water development, he argues, has resulted in social problems as well as abuse of the environment. In this volume he tells the story of the inhabitants of the “Valley of Content,” the High Plains section of the Arkansas River Valley, during the formative period of settlement and development. It was their desire for growth, he maintains, that spurred the construction of the very dams, reservoirs, and water conveyance structures that would ultimately undermine their success. He documents their attempts—both fanciful and fruitful—to bring the river under their control, the waves of new problems that followed each new ‘solution,’ and the conflict and cooperation the process engendered.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Series Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Dedication
  7. Table of Contents
  8. List of Illustrations
  9. Preface
  10. 1 Discord in the Valley of Content
  11. 2 The Emergence of the Mutual Stockholding Irrigation Company, 1870–1900
  12. 3 The Incomplete Conquest
  13. 4 Urban and Industrial Water Uses and Policies, 1870–1950
  14. 5 Irrigation in Southwestern Kansas, 1870–1950
  15. 6 The Contest for the “Nile of America”: Kansas v. Colorado, 1890–1910
  16. 7 Increasing the Water Supply for All, 1910–1939
  17. 8 Quarrel and Rapport
  18. 9 False Expectations
  19. Notes
  20. Glossary
  21. Selected Sources
  22. Index
  23. Back Cover