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Wallace F. Bennett papers on Bureau of Reclamation for Flaming Gorge, Lake Powell, Weber Basin, and Burns Creek, 1956-1965
File — Carton: 440, Folder: 2-10
Identifier: MSS 20 Series 3 Sub-Series B
Scope and Contents note
The folders contain reports, maps, correspondence, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, and legislative bills from 1956 to1965 about federal reclamation projects in the Western United States such as the Flaming Gorge Unit of the Colorado River Storage Project, Lake Powell behind Glen Canyon Dam, and the Burns Creek Project in Idaho. Maps include the preliminary designs and locations from 1959 of the initial recreation development for Flaming Gorge Reservoir in Utah and the proposed boundaries...
Dates:
Other: 1956-1965
Wallace F. Bennett papers on Glen Canyon, 1956-1965
File — Carton: 447, Folder: 2-5
Identifier: MSS 20 Series 3 Sub-Series B
Scope and Contents note
Folders contain press releases, newspaper clippings, correspondence, congressional records, pamphlets, reports, and legislative bills from 1956 to 1965 that provide information about concerns, construction, and plans for establishment of recreational areas for the Glen Canyon and Flaming Gorge Units of the Colorado River Storage Project in the Western United States. Also provided are Anthropological Papers from September 1959 which outline the history of the Glen Canyon Region from 1776 to...
Dates:
Other: 1956-1965