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Show V TABLE OF CONTENTS DEDICATION . iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS iv LIST OF TABLES ; viii INTRODUCTION: UNDERSTANDING THE CHALLENGES AND THE PROCESS 1 Purpose of the Thesis 1 An Overview of Institutions . . 1 The Utah Environment 2 The Mormons 2 PART I 1847- 1896 3 CHAPTER I. PIONEER WATER ADMINISTRATION, 1847 THROUGH 1865 3 Beginning the Process 3 Adapting to an Arid Environment; Cooperation and Common Ownership 3 The Pioneer Institution 5 The Importance of the Repeated Pioneer Experience 7 Cooperative Groups and Projects 8 Blending Legal Institutions With Experience 9 Mixing Local Authority With Centralized Coordination and Decision Making 10 Church Mediation of Conflict With Respect to Water Rights 11 Development of a Policy of Regional Colonization/ Water Development 12 The Results of the Pioneering Institution 14 II. ESTABLISHING LOCAL CONTROL: TERRITORIAL AND LOCAL INSTITUTIONS, 1852 THROUGH 1865 15 Response to the Arid Environment 15 The Role of the Territorial Government 18 Changes in Water Utilization and Institutions, Extensive to Intensive 19 Administration and Allocation 21 |