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Show THE DAMS OF ST. already written to We have JOSEPH some extent of natural conditions affecting 65-66). first diversion Dam in the Little Colorado (see pages f1rst Dam was of course built on the quicksand river-bed Alens Ts ing across the short canyon, was at approximately the same present Dam---which has successfully withstood the the. b Li.tt.Le site' and extend now jftings Dam thejrrei.r dimensions of floods since 1923. The stated individuals. what variously bydifferent Joseph \'i. our Dam in. have of date under got Hay 31, 1876, says. "We Colorado occupied of the are some l'fcHurrin, writing I I i..:d{aXff'(Jqox xx·xtxNrRXkKts long, 60 ft. wide, and 9 ft. high. the was account dam Another completed June 6 1876. (There weS8 says be to done at the time of MCMrrints writing, work probably finishing it consider "in". The structure looked imposing and althoueh he seems to never seen the Little Colorado in heavy solid to t tern; rut t my had came to t te dam, they might back up above \vhen the flood waters flood until they would pass over the dam,. as was perhaps in= the structure It is 180 ft. Under such condi spillway or sluiceway is mentioned. in the out a hole wash tions, the water puuring over the dam would, simply until it side of the lower quicksand at the base'of the structure on be the dam woul.d pushed or rolled into it; and then probably Of course there was nothing more to be floated away in fragments. "Road Petitionll• said about that proposed sinee tended The It no Dam of 1877 seems used in the site attempt was made to rebuild the Dam on 2 miles about site upstream, Instead, they chose another that 1876. no Here the river-stream was of cour-se much would run much more slowly. wider and more shallow; and well spread out it is said; and it may have been he Drum was built to a height of. about 3 ft, as $3,328.50. Of course Allen about 300 ft. in length. The cost is gin was probably in process of received no assistance from Obed---that colony abandonment when this structure was built. and well a 1:0 1..e that narrow canyon. May 18, 1877---perturned into the irrigation ditch since might suffer some they small grc;ins, haps a little late for the but there ws, it appears, but because of· water shortage in the dry season; wheat is a good crop---660 bushels of little complaint, and they pooduced and of course their livestock. mentioned, besides other produce, did washed out that year; but the river The Dam used in 1877 was not it which it was located, perhaps injuring wash through the point on rather than the Dam of repairing the river, tm s0ffie extent. The work the river-stram back in its prebegan in February, 1878, to place new Dam for 1877, be again used in 1878. The so the Dam could vious channel out fairly early in the Spring, finished and the water gotten must have bushels of wheat and teen more than 1,000 since the crop is se.Ld to have of molasses. other crops more than 300 gallons other small grains, and among The water was bee The Dam and Crop of 1878 about August 22nd, which came in the River An exceptionally heavy flood use boats in their fields to the people of Sunset had made it necessary for 31 and when they 1878. went to attend 0 f course on to do to get Conference at Brigh thls City August Sept. 1, by marked Cnference Bishop Richards' rep?rt wards. ad t1nJoseph people were reports from oerf bes1des February, began Slnce they Dam at their discouragement, as done 800 days man-labor teamwork a at was had more the flood the1 and tbat after both Dam and ditch; when they began. than they had in February the water out again I |
