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This article explores the historical development of water control projects in the American West, focusing on the rivalry between the Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It examines how these projects were driven by a mix of practical needs, federal politics, and a cultural sense of manifest destiny.
In 1914 the Department of the Interior, through the Bureau of Reclamation, investigated the possibilities of developing the Columbia River. Thousands of arid but potentially fertile acres needed only water to become the Imperial Valley of the Northwest. Locked in the mountain ranges were valuable ores awaiting electricity to turn them into needed metals.
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