BYU Library - Special Collections

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Folder contains press releases, newspaper clippings, statements, legislative acts and bills, reports, correspondence, and congressional records from 1960 to 1964 that pertain to the authorization of the Dixie Project in Washington County, Utah as well as appropriations to fund an early start in the project construction.

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Folder contains legislative acts and bills, newspaper clippings, correspondence, reports, congressional records, press releases, pamphlets, maps, and statements from 1956 and 1963 to 1964 pertaining to details, plans, and authorization of the Dixie Project in Utah. Much of the correspondence comes from proponents of the long-awaited passage of the Dixie Project bill which would help develop the water resources of the Virgin and Santa Clara Rivers in the Western United States.

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Folder contains statements, press releases, amendments, legislative acts, congressional records, notes, and reports from 1967 that concern amendments to the Lower Colorado River Basin bill which stem from several issues including water import studies for the Colorado River and the scarcity of water supply from the Colorado River in the Western United States.

Scope and Contents note Folder contains press releases, hearings, correspondence, congressional records, newspaper clippings, and legislative bills from 1963 to 1964 that concern different aspects of the Dixie Project in Utah. The information provided includes moving one of the dam sites for the Dixie Project eight miles downstream on the Virgin River to Warner's Ridge because of unsuitable conditions for construction at the previous site, as well as integrating the Dixie Project into the Lower Colorado River Basin...

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Folder contains reports, legislative bills, correspondence, newspaper clippings, press releases, congressional records, statements, maps, and pamphlets from 1963 to 1965 which provide information about the appropriations and benefits of the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project in Utah and the progress of the Colorado River Storage Project in the Western United States.

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Folder contains correspondence, legislative acts and bills, reports, press releases, newspaper clippings, congressional records, maps, magazine articles, and statements from 1963 to 1966 that pertain to different aspects of the Colorado River Storage Project in the Western United States such as the use of water from the Colorado River, power generated from different units of the project, and appropriations.

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...