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Meeting Report, Flood control in Las Vegas Valley, March 8, 1950

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Creator

Creator: Wittwer, John, 1880-1977

Date

1950-03-08

Description

Meeting with agencies involved with flood control and those who had experienced flood damage on their property. Conducted by the Clark County Extension Service in Cooperation with Representatives of the U. S. Forest Service, Mr. Warren Murphy, Field Agent of Secretary of Agriculture, Charles F. Brannan, for the Southwest Region, Clark County Commissioners and Property Owners whose land has been damaged in this area.

Digital ID

hln000609

Physical Identifier

Box 4 Folder 47 Flood Control Reports and Maps for Southern Nevada 1934-1950

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http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1qn62b4f
Details

Contributor

Contributor: Nevada Cooperative Extension

Subject

Flood control

Time Period

1950s (1950 - 1959)

Place

Clark County

Resource Type

Text

Material Type

registrations (licenses)
paperwork (records)

Archival Collection

John Wittwer Collection on Agriculture in Nevada

Digital Project

The Historic Landscape of Nevada: Development, Water and Natural Environment

Citation

hln000609. John Wittwer Collection on Agriculture in Nevada, 1898-1972. MS-00181. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1qn62b4f

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Digital Provenance

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Digital Processing Note

Manual transcription

Language

English

Format

application/pdf

DRAFT REPORT OF MEETING ON FLOOD CONTROL IN LAS VEGAS VALLEY AS CONDUCTED BY THE CLARK COUNTY EXTENSION SERVICE IN COOPERATION WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE U. S. FOREST SERVICE, MR. WARREN MURPHY, FIELD AGENT OF SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURAL, CHARLES F. BRANNAN, FOR THE SOUTHWEST REGION, CLARK COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND PROPERTY OWNERS WHOSE LAND HAS BEEN DAMAGED IN THIS AREA. Civic Auditorium, Las Vegas, Nevada March 8, 1950 1:30 p.m. In Attendance: Mr. Wittwer; Mr. Reynolds; Mr. Bill Tomiyasu; Mr. Laman Leavitt; Mr. Ira Carter from Whitney; Mr. McDaniels, Mayor of North Las Vegas; Mr. J. P. Mack, Division Engineer of the U. P. Railroad System; Mrs. Evans; Mr. Lobenstein; Mrs. Shepherd; Mr. Warren Murphy, Field Representative for the Department of Agriculture; Mr. George Hardman of the Soil Conservation Service; Clem Malone, County Commissioner; Mr. English; Mr. Tyson; Mr. Wadsworth; Mr. Magleby; Mr. Jamison; Charles F. Brannan; Geographic areas: North Las Vegas, East Charleston, East College, Meadow Valley Wash; Columbia River Basin; Flood control survey; erosion; weakening of house foundations; wataer conservation; pumping water from Lake Mead at high cost; holding flash store waters; Natural flood ways and divided channels; Flood Control Act; reduce the rate of siltation; ditch with a levee; people working together; Related parties: Corps of Engineers; District U.S. Engineers; Department of Agriculture; U. S. Forest Service; Soil Conservation Service; The Las Vegas watershed is important to you people, but it is only one watershed. We have another in Southern Utah, and three more in Idaho. Know what you are trying to do, get in on a little more orderly basis. The fact that we are actually working on a broad river basin approach, we are obliged to cover the Columbia River Basin.