5. Land Speculators and the Beginnings of Irrigation on the Texas High Plains, 1900-1910

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ILLUSTRATIONS ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction xv
6. 1. The Barrier to Settlement 1
7. 2. The Western Irrigation Movement and the Great Plains 15
8. 3. Water Resources of the Southern High Plains 30
9. 4. The Adaptation of Pump Irrigation Technology to the Great Plains 38
10. 5. Land Speculators and the Beginnings of Irrigation on the Texas High Plains, 1900-1910 62
11. 6. The Land Speculator as a Promoter and Developer of Irrigation on the Texas High Plains 81
12. 7. Early Failure of Pump Irrigation, 1910-1920 101
13. 8. Dust Bowl, New Deal, and the Revival of Irrigation 119
14. 9. The Expansion of Irrigation, 1940-1960 145
15. 10. The Problem of Ground-Water Conservation 165
16. 11. The Contemporary High Plains 190
17. Conclusion 232
18. Appendix 239
19. Bibliography 241
20. Index 277