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Nelson, Ken

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Title Nelson, Ken Ken Nelson oral history interview
Creator Nelson, Kenneth
Contributor Latham, Wayne Nelson, Alice Donetta
Subject North Poudre Irrigation Company Irrigation -- Colorado Nelson, Kenneth -- Interviews Irrigation farming -- Colorado Ditches -- Colorado Water resources development
Description Audio files and transcript of oral history with Ken Nelson, a stockholder in the North Poudre Irrigation Company, by Wayne Latham on March 31, 1994, at 776 East Mulberry, Fort Collins, Colorado. Nelson discusses the Cactus Hill Ditch and its relationship to NPIC, his family history, the price of irrigation water, and challenges related to urban expansion into the Front Range's rural areas. Ken's wife, Donetta, is also part of the interview. The transcriber left many holes in the transcript... Transcript -- Tape 1, Side A -- Tape 1, Side B -- Tape 2, Side A
Date 1993-1994 2007-01-03T06:53:59Z 2007-01-03T06:53:59Z
Type Audio
Identifier WNPI00206\101-135.tif WNPIS010100206 http://hdl.handle.net/10217/89545 Water Resources Archive Data Dictionary v. 2.0
Language English eng
Relation wwdl Nelson, Ken. 1993-1994 Records of the North Poudre Irrigation Company. Series 1: Oral histories. Finding aid: http://lib.colostate.edu/archives/findingaids/water/wnpi.html
Format Tape 1, Side A: 31 minutes, 30 seconds Tape 1, Side B: 32 minutes, 10 seconds Tape 2, Side A: 24 minutes, 14 seconds application/pdf audio/mpeg audio/mpeg audio/mpeg
Coverage Larimer County (Colo.) Cache la Poudre River Watershed (Colo.) Fort Collins (Colo.) Denver (Colo.) 1920-1994
Publisher Colorado State University. Libraries
Source Original: 2 audiocassette tapes and 1 oral history transcript. 35 p.

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