Arizona, the wonderland; the history of its ancient cliff and cave dwellings, ruined pueblos, conquest by the Spaniards, Jesuit and Franciscan missions, trail makers and Indians; a survey of its climate, scenic marvels, topography, deserts, mountains, rivers and valleys; a review of its industries; an account of its influence on art, literature and science; and some reference to what it offers of delight to the automobilist, sportsman, pleasure and health seekerBy George Wharton JamesWith a map and sixty plates, of which twelve are in colour . r feature of which meantthe construction of a seco
Arizona, the wonderland; the history of its ancient cliff and cave dwellings, ruined pueblos, conquest by the Spaniards, Jesuit and Franciscan missions, trail makers and Indians; a survey of its climate, scenic marvels, topography, deserts, mountains, rivers and valleys; a review of its industries; an account of its influence on art, literature and science; and some reference to what it offers of delight to the automobilist, sportsman, pleasure and health seekerBy George Wharton JamesWith a map and sixty plates, of which twelve are in colour . r feature of which meantthe construction of a second dam at Granite Reef. Practically 250,000 (a quarter of a million) acreswere to be irrigated, and the water supply required wasenormous. The history of the building of the Dam —a road having to be especially constructed over themountains from Mesa to get to the site; the setting inoperation of a great cement-mill for the making of thecement needed; is a romance in itself. Suffice to say, itwas successfully accomplished, and as the water slowlybacked up into its new reservoir and arose higher andhigher, the site of the town of Roosevelt that had comeinto existence during building operations was entirelysubmerged, every outward indication of its existencehaving earlier been removed to a much higher on the Granite Reef Diversion Dam went on simul-taneously with the work on the storage dam, so bothwere ready at about the same time. But while this work had been progressing — even be- The Roosevelt Dam and Reservoir, Phoenix and the Salt River Valley 431 fore it started — it had been evident to those who werefully aware of the situation that something must be doneto harmonize all the conflicting canal interests under onesystem, one control, and at the same time so enlarge thesystem as to make it several times more efficient in theirrigation of many thousands more acres of land. Itwas a gigantic task to accomplish, and called for ad-ministrative abilities o
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