Ditches Across the Desert
Subtitle: Irrigation in the Lower Pecos Valley
Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
Published: December 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780896725096
Subjects: Technology; Pecos River Valley (N.M. and T; History - U.S.; United States - State & Local - Southwest; History: American; United States - 19th Century; Pecos River Valley (N.M. and Tex.); Agriculture - Irrigation; History; Engineering - Hydraulic; Irrigation
First sentence: SETTLEMENT of the American West came slowly, based on advances in technology and the harnessing of nature, especially water.