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Show HISTORIC IRRIGATION CANALS OF THE UINTA BASIN --~ ": SETTLEMENT OF THE UINTA BASIN . BEGINNING IN THE 18705 AND STRETCHING INTO THE 20th CENTURY. REPRESENTED A CAREFULLY PLANNED AND PRAGMATIC EFFORT OF THE MORMON CHURCH TO COLONIZE ONE OF THE LAST REMAINING AGRICULTURAL FRONTIERS IN UTAH. CONDITIONED BY EARLIER COLONIZATION EFFORTS THROUGHOUT THE GREAT BASIN KINGDOM. THE MORMON CHURCH FULLY UNDERSTOOD THE IMPORTANCE OF IRRIGATION FOR THE INITIAL SUCCESS AND ULTIMATE SURVIVAL OF THEIR SETTLEMENTS IN THE UINTA BASIN. THE COMPLEX SYSTEM OF HISTORIC IRRIGATION CANALS EXISTING IN THE BASIN TODAY LARGELY REFLECTS THE KNOWLEDGE. SKILLS. AND COMMITMENT OF THESE 20th CENTURY LATTER - DAY SAINTS . THE MAJORITY OF THE IRRIGATION CANALS WERE CONSTRUCTED. OPERATED. AND MAINTAINED BY TWO LARGE ORGANIZATIONS : THE MORMON CONTROLLED "DRY GULCH IRRIGATION COMPANY" AND THE UNITED STATES INDIAN IRRIGATION SERVICE'S "UINTAH BASIN PROJECT." I NEW M EXICO SHOWING A PORTION OF THE UINTA SCALE 100 MILlS MAP BASED ON RANO McNALLY ROAD ATLAS, 1980 r 5 <J) I UTAH i ,~ BASIN THIS PROJECT WAS UNDERTAKEN BY THE HISTORIC AMERICAN ENGINEERING RECORD (HAER) OF THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE'S ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGIONAL OFFICE. IN COOPERATION WITH THE UPPER COLORADO REGION. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF HISTORIAN GREGORY D. KENDRICK (NATIONAL PARK SERVICE). THIS PROJECT WAS COMPLETED DURING THE SUMMER OF 1983. AT THE HAER FIELD OFFICE. DUCHESNE. UTAH. BY PROJECT SUPERVISOR CRAIG W. FULLER (BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY). PROJECT HISTORIANS DAVID B. STALHEIM (THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE) AND JAMES A. JURALE (UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING). PROJECT ARCHITECTS JAMES A . CAUFIELD AND BONNIE J. HALDA (NATIONAL PARK SERVICE). AND PROJECT PHOTOGRAPHER CLAYTON B. FRASER (LOVELAND. COLORADO). « m « f2 :; ~ ...r ~ 0 III --' <l 2 « U 2 ~ f- « '"iX '" u iX 0 f- III I ...z ~ u ;; |
