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People's Canal & Irrigation Company

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1894-

Administrative History

The People's Canal & Irrigation Company (1894- ) was an irrigation company in Riverside, Idaho.

The Peoples Canal & Irrigation Company, founded in 1894, was an irrigation company in Riverside, Idaho. It is responsible for the construction and maintenance of the People's Canal near Manila, Utah.

Citation:
Office of the President records, 1893-1903 (People's Canal & Irrigation Co.)

Idaho Water Users Association, via WWW, February 8, 2021 (People's Canal & Irrigation Company)

Waymarking.com, via WWW, February 8, 2021 (People's Canal; first furrow dug in 1894; carried water from Snake River to Moreland, Idaho)

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Benjamin Cluff Jr. business correspondence, 1895

 Series
Identifier: UA 1093 Series 4
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence between Benjamin Cluff, Jr. and businessmen in Idaho regarding land purchases and water rights. Materials date from 1895.

Dates: 1895
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 1093, Office of the President correspondence

Benjamin Cluff Jr. business correspondence, 1896

 Series
Identifier: UA 1093 Series 5
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence between Benjamin Cluff Jr. and businessmen in Idaho regarding land purchases and water rights. Includes information on the People's Canal & Irrigation Company. Materials date from 1896.

Dates: 1896
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 1093, Office of the President correspondence

Benjamin Cluff Jr. business correspondence, 1897

 Series
Identifier: UA 1093 Series 7
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence between Cluff and businessmen in Idaho regarding land and canal development. Includes information on the People's Canal & Irrigation Company. Materials date from 1897.

Dates: 1897
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 1093, Office of the President correspondence

Benjamin Cluff Jr. business correspondence, 1898

 Series
Identifier: UA 1093 Series 8
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence between Cluff and businessmen in Idaho and Logan, Utah. Includes information on loans and business enterprises that involved Cluff. Materials date from 1898.

Dates: 1898
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 1093, Office of the President correspondence

Benjamin Cluff Jr. business correspondence, 1899

 Series
Identifier: UA 1093 Series 11
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence between Cluff and businessmen in Idaho regarding the operation of the People's Canal & Irrigation Company. Materials date from 1899.

Dates: 1899
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 1093, Office of the President correspondence

Brigham Young Academy acting president correspondence on missionaries, 1900-1901

 Series
Identifier: UA 1093 Series 17
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence between George H. Brimhall and Church leaders regarding the missionary training program at the Academy. Materials date from between 1900 and 1901.

Dates: 1900-1901
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 1093, Office of the President correspondence

Office of the President correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: UA 1093
Scope and Contents Contains the correspondence files of President Cluff, with the exception of his first year of administration. The papers date from between 1893 and 1904, and are incoming except for 1897 to 1900. Also includes Cluff's correspondence as president of the People's Canal & Irrigation Company. Includes information on Cluff's administration of the Academy, and the school's relationship to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Board of Education. Also includes correspondence regarding...
Dates: 1893-1904
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Office of the President correspondence

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