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Delph Carpenter, father of Colorado River treaties : text of Governor Ralph L. Carr's 1943 salute to Delph Carpenter

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Title Delph Carpenter, father of Colorado River treaties : text of Governor Ralph L. Carr's 1943 salute to Delph Carpenter
Creator Carr, Ralph L. (Ralph Lawrence), 1887-1950
Contributor Carpenter, Delph Grigg, Neil S. Colorado Water Resources Research Institute
Subject Carpenter, Delph United States. Bureau of Reclamation Water resources development -- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) Water transfer -- Colorado Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Description "September 1991" "Neil S. Grigg, Director" 20 p. Includes introductory material, text of Colorado River Compact The rulebook for the Colorado River is the 1922 Colorado River Compact, a document now nearly 70 years old. Time said, "This critical document facilitated both the astonishing development of the West and the problems that followed as a result." The centerpiece of Delph Carpenter's career was the Colorado River Compact and the acknowledgement of his role came from no less a person than President Herbert Hoover. Hoover's admiration for the work of Carpenter is evident from the two letters...
Date 2007-01-03T07:29:58Z 2007-01-03T07:29:58Z 1991
Type Text Still Image
Identifier CWRRIDCF100001.pdf CCRICWRI100006SRPT http://hdl.handle.net/10217/688 CSU Core 1.1
Language eng
Relation WWDL Special report (Colorado Water Resources Research Institute) ; no. 10
Rights c1991 Colorado Water Resources Research Institute
Format application/pdf
Coverage Colorado
Publisher Colorado State University. Libraries Colorado Water Resources Research Institute

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