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Map of the Colorado Desert, Sonora Mesa, and Delta of the Rio Colorado. 1893



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    Rio Colorado - Through Delta

    Manuscripts

    Professional and personal papers of Otis R. Marston and his collection of the materials on the history of Colorado River and Green River regions.

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    Hardy, R.W.H.: Map of Lower California (with Sonora and Durango); Rio Colorado

    Manuscripts

    Professional and personal papers of Otis R. Marston and his collection of the materials on the history of Colorado River and Green River regions.

    mssMarston papers

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    D.T. MacDougal, "The Desert Basins of the Colorado Delta, "

    Manuscripts

    Professional and personal papers of Otis R. Marston and his collection of the materials on the history of Colorado River and Green River regions.

    mssMarston papers

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    "The Delta of the Colorado River" (map, 1926)

    Manuscripts

    Professional and personal papers of Otis R. Marston and his collection of the materials on the history of Colorado River and Green River regions.

    mssMarston papers

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    g. Colorado River delta

    Manuscripts

    The collection consists of letters and documents (including 8 volumes) and 876 maps related to irrigation projects in the western United States. There are correspondence, reports, etc. regarding Colorado River projects (including the Colorado River-Los Angeles Gravity Flow Aqueduct); the Klamath Lake Project in Oregon; the Merced Irrigation District in California; the San Juan River, Little Colorado, and Verde projects in Arizona; and many others. Of note in the collection are diaries of La Rue's Colorado River trips from 1921, 1922, and 1924, and maps of western areas.

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    Map of the Arkansas Valley, Colorado

    Visual Materials

    Old shelf number ephJ5-25(3). Verso advertises, "10,000 acres of Irrigated Land in the Otero Irrigation District at La Junta, near Rocky Ford, Colorado." Sugar beets are the primary crop being grown on this property. Submap: Map of Colorado. Sales info. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: Eph J5-25(3) Sales info.

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