Carey Act: encourages irrigation in semi-arid western US states

Historical Context Note

Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)
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By the terms of this legislation, which was first proposed two years earlier, land in semi-arid western states including Colorado and Idaho is sold to private companies to encourage irrigation.

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Carey Act: encourages irrigation in semi-arid western US states". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 30 December 2011 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=19131, accessed 23 November 2024.]

19131 Carey Act: encourages irrigation in semi-arid western US states 2 Historical context notes are intended to give basic and preliminary information on a topic. In some cases they will be expanded into longer entries as the Literary Encyclopedia evolves.

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