| Title |
Dixie Project legislation, 1963-1964 |
| Description |
Papers, correspondence, news articles, and text of Congressional bills about the Dixie Project, southwestern Utah |
| Subject |
Dixie Project; Water-supply--Utah--Washington County; Water resources development--Utah--Washington County; Irrigation--Utah--Washington County;Water-supply--Utah--Iron County; Water-supply--Utah--Cedar City |
| Contributor |
Clyde, George Dewey, 1898-1972; Bingham, Jay R.; Beasley, D. Otis; Bennett, Wallace F. (Wallace Foster), 1898- ; Carter, Luther J. |
| Additional Information |
Includes: Newspaper articles on Dixie Project, 1963-1964; Copies of 1953 agreements on use of Kolob Reservoir water; Applications for diversion of Crystal Creek; Congressional Record text of House bill H.R. 3279 and Senate bills S. 26 (from 1961 by Frank Moss) and 655 (from 1963 by W.F. Bennett); Statements of support from Utah Gov. George D. Clyde; Jary R. Bingham (Director of Utah Water and Power Board), Senator Wallace F. Bennett and others; 88th Congress, 2d session, House of Representatives report no. 1725, "Dixie Project, Utah, Report to accompany H.R. 3279" by D. Otis Beasley, Asst. Sec. of Interior; and final legislation, Pub. Law 88-565, approved Sept. 2, 1964, "An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Dixie project, Utah, and for other purposes." Also includes article, "Grand Canyon: Colorado dams debated," by Luther J. Carter, fromScience vol. 152 (17 June 1966), p. 1600-1605 |
| Spatial Coverage |
Crystal Creek (Utah); Kolob Creek (Utah); Kolob Reservoir (Utah); Virgin River Basin; Santa Clara River (Utah); Washington County (Utah) |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn0823 bx 30 fd 8; ; John S. Boyden papers |
| Rights Management |
Digital Image Copyright 2009, University of Utah. All Rights Reserved. |
| Holding Institution |
J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1953; 1961; 1963; 1964; 1966 |
| Digitization Specifications |
Original scanned on Epson Expression 10000 XL and saved as 400 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm. |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Type |
Text |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s61835g2 |
| Setname |
wwdl_neh |
| ID |
1148037 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61835g2 |
| Title |
Page 38 |
| Setname |
wwdl_neh |
| ID |
1147981 |
| OCR Text |
Show Statement by Jay R. Bingham, Executive Director Utah Water and Power Board Before the Subcommittee on Irrigation and Reclamation of the Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs in support of The Dixie Project, Utah May 7, 196 3 MR. CHAIRMAN, my name is Jay R. Bingham. I appear before your important committee as an official representative of the State of Utah. The Utah Water and Power Board, of which I am Executive Director, is the agency of State Government charged with promoting the development of the State's water resources. I wish to acknowledge the great contribution reclamation development has made to the economy of the Nation and to my state. These projects have provided a regenerating cycle of water development and economic stability. The Chairman needs no reminder of these facts but the record should show that the area of Federal ownership in Utah is in the order of 72%. The federally owned area in the State of Utah totals 61,140 sq. miles, Thus, the federally owned land in Utah is only slightly less than the total area of the New England states: Conneticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine, whose combined areas are 66,608 sq. miles. Or expressing it another way, the federally owned lands in the State of Utah exceed in area, the entire state of Michigan. This large federal ownership limits revenues normally available to the State. The United States Government realizes, on the other |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61835g2/1147981 |
