Watering the Land: The Turbulent History of the Carlsbad Irrigation District

Books

Avery, Elroy McKendree. A History of Cleveland and Its Environs. Vol. 2. Chicago and New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1918.

Clark, Ira G. Water in New Mexico: A History of Its Management and Use. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1987.

Condit, Carl W. American Building Art: The Nineteenth Century. New York: Oxford University Press, 1960.

___________. American Building: Materials and Techniques from the Beginning of the Colonial Settlement to the Present. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1968.

Cornish, L.D. "Design of the Lock Walls and Valves of the Panama Canal." The Panama Canal: An Engineering Treatise. Edited by George W. Goethals. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1916.

Creager, William P., Joel D. Justin, and Julian Hinds. Engineering for Dams, Vol. 3, Earth, Rock-fill, Steel and Timber Dams. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1945.

Davis, Arthur Powell. Irrigation Works Constructed by the United States Government. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1917.

Davis, Calvin Victor, ed. Handbook of Applied Hydraulics. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1952.

Etcheverry, B.A. Irrigation Practice and Engineering, Vol. II, Conveyance of Water. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1915.

Green, Donald E. Land of the Underground Rain: Irrigation on the Texas High Plains, 1910-1970. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1973.

History of Chicago: Its Men and Institutions. Chicago: InterOcean, 1900.

Hodges, H.F. "General Design of the Locks, Dams, and Regulating Works of the Panama Canal." The Panama Canal: An Engineering Treatise. Edited by George W. Goethals. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1916.

James, George Wharton. Reclaiming the Arid West: The Story of the United States Reclamation Service. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1917.

Keleher, William A. The Fabulous Frontier: Twelve New Mexico Items. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1945, reprint 1962.

Kollgaard, Eric B., and Wallace L. Chadwick, eds. Development of Dam Engineering in the United States. New York: Perigamon Press, 1988.

Larson, T.A. History of Wyoming. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1965.

Lee, Lawrence B. Reclaiming the American West: An Historiography and Guide. Santa Barbara, California: American Bibliographical Center — Clio Press, 1980.

Leonard, John William. Who's Who in Engineering. New York: Who's Who Publications, Inc., 1925.

Lipsey, John J. The Lives of James John Hagerman, Builder of the Colorado Midland Railway. Denver: Golden Bell Press, 1968.

Metz, Leon C. Pat Garrett: The Story of a Western Lawman. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1973.

Nelson, Wesley R. "Construction of the Boulder Dam." The Story of Boulder Dam (reprints of articles from Compressed Air Magazine, 1931-1935). Las Vegas: Nevada Publications, n.d.

Newell, Frederick Haynes, and Daniel William Murphy. Principles of Irrigation Engineering. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1913.

Robinson, Michael C. Water for the West: The Bureau of Reclamation, 1902-1977. Chicago: Public Works Historical Society, 1979.

Schuyler, James Dix. Reservoirs for Irrigation, Water-Power, and Domestic Water Supply. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1902.

Smythe, William E. The Conquest of Arid America. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1900.

Southeastern New Mexico Historical Society. Eddy County New Mexico to 1981. Lubbock, Texas: Craftsman Printers, Inc., 1982.

Stegner, Wallace. Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1954.

Teele, Ray P. The Economics of Land Reclamation in the United States. Chicago and New York: A.W. Shaw Company, 1927.

Thomas, George. The Development of Institutions Under Irrigation. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1920.

Walters, L.L. Steel Trails to Santa Fe. Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 1950.

Magazine and Journal Articles

Blanchard, C.J. "Home-Making by the Government: An Account of the Eleven Immense Irrigating Projects to be Opened in 1908." The National Geographic Magazine 19 (March 1908): 250-287.

__________. "Millions for Moisture: An Account of the Work of the U.S. Reclamation Service." The National Geographic Magazine 18 (April 1907): 217-243.

Bryant, F.E. "Uncle Sam is a Water Hog." Field and Farm [Denver, Colorado], February 29, 1908.

Etter, Scott. "Carlsbad Project Makes Bid for Farmers." Reclamation Record 7 (March 1916): 121.

Follett, W.W. "Earthen vs. Masonry Dams." Engineering News 27 (January 9, 1892): 28-29.

Foster, L.E. "Wire-bag Method of Riprapping Embankment, Lake McMillan, Carlsbad Project." Reclamation Record 10 (January 1919): 33-34.

"The Founding and Early Years of Eaton, Colorado." Colorado Magazine 18 (March 1941): 54-55.

Galloway, J.D. "The Design of Rock-Fill Dams." Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers 104 (1939): 3-5.

Hall, B.M. "Reinforced Concrete Diaphragms for Earth Dams." Engineering News 59 (February 6, 1908): 145-146.

Howell, L.B. "The Pecos Valley Irrigation System. Engineering News 36 (September 17, 1896): 181.

Hundertmark, C.A. "Reclamation in Chaves and Eddy Counties, 1887-1912." New Mexico Historical Review 47 (1972): 301-316.

"Lake McMillan Dam, Pecos River." Engineering Record (June 9, 1894): 24.

McCormick, Wilfred. "The Magic of Water." New Mexico Magazine 17 (October 1939): 22-23.

"Report of the Central Board of Review on the Carlsbad Project, New Mexico." Reclamation Record, July 1916, 298-308.

"Reclamation Advisors Report on Needs of Projects and Policy for Future Irrigation." Engineering News-Record 92:17 (1923): 726-729.

"Rock Fill Dam Across the Pecos River." Engineering News 23 (May 17, 1890): 459-460.

Sellew, Francis L. "The Colorado Siphon at Yuma, Arizona." Engineering News 68 (August 29, 1912): 377-385.

Tracy, Francis G. "Pecos Valley Pioneers." New Mexico Historical Review 33 (July 1958): 187-204.

Wilson, Herbert M. "Pecos Valley Canals." Engineering News 26 (October 17, 1891): 350-351.

__________. "The Irrigation Problem in the West." Engineering News 28 (December 1892): 386-410.

Worster, Donald. Rivers of Empire: Water, Aridity, and the Growth of the American West. New York: Pantheon Books, 1986.

Newspapers

Note: Numerous relevant articles transcribed from the Eddy (New Mexico) Argus, 1889-1897, were found in Lee C. Myers, The Pearl of the Pecos, 1974 typescript located in the Pecos Valley Projects Office, Bureau of Reclamation, Carlsbad, New Mexico.

"Brantley Dam Nears the End of An Era." Carlsbad Current-Argus, March 20, 1988.

"Carlsbad Project History." Carlsbad Current, June 19, 1914.

"McMillan Stands the Test." Carlsbad Argus, April 23, 1915.

Federal Documents

U.S. Department of the Interior. "Valves, Gates, and Steel Conduits." Design Standards Handbook No. 7, 1956. Located in the Central Snake Projects Office, Boise, Idaho.

__________. Bureau of Reclamation. "Brantley Project, New Mexico: Definite Plan Report." Amarillo, Texas: Bureau of Reclamation, Southwest Region, 1982.

__________. "Geology of Avalon Reservoir, Carlsbad Irrigation Project, New Mexico, With Respect to Proposed Increase in Height of the Dam," (typescript) by Kirk Bryan, U.S. Geological Survey, February 1927. RG 115, Entry 7, Box 453, File 301.12, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

__________. "Plan of Development for Brantley Project, New Mexico." Amarillo: Bureau of Reclamation, Region 5, 1967. Located in the Library, Bureau of Reclamation, Salt Lake City, Utah.

_________. "Plans for Rehabilitation of the Carlsbad Project and for Water Salvage Measures in the Pecos River Basin, New Mexico," by F.C. Waler, et. al, Bureau of Reclamation, September 19, 1957. Located in the files of the Office of the State Engineer, Santa Fe.

_________. "Reclamation Project Data." Washington: Government Printing Office, 1941, [1948].

U.S. Department of the Interior. U.S. Geological Survey. "Hydrographic Survey 243, Report Upon a Reconnaissance of the Pecos Valley (March 11, 1889)," by Ralph S. Tarr, U.S. Geological Survey. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 443, File 651, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

__________. "Reservoirs for Irrigation." Eighteenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, 1896-97: Part IV — Hydrography. Washington: [Government Printing Office, 1897].

U.S. Department of the Interior. U.S. Reclamation Service. "[Carlsbad] Project History from Inception of Project to December 31, 1913." Carlsbad, New Mexico: U.S. Reclamation Service. Located at the Carlsbad Irrigation District Office, Carlsbad, New Mexico.

__________. "Carlsbad Project, New Mexico: Project History." Prepared annually 1912-1951 with slight variations in title; prepared by the Bureau of Reclamation after 1923. Located in the Carlsbad Irrigation District Office, Carlsbad, New Mexico.

_________ Fifth Annual Report of the Reclamation Service, 1907. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1908.

_________. "Report of Board of Engineers, May 3, 1916: Water Supply and Storage — Carlsbad Project." RG 115, Entry 3, Box 442, File 351, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

__________. "Report on the Proposed West Side Addition to the Carlsbad Project, New Mexico: March 2, 1915." RG 115, Entry 3, Box 442, File 351, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

_________. Sixth Annual Report of Reclamation Service, 1906-1907 Washington: Government Printing Office, 1907.

New Mexico State and County Documents

"Articles of Incorporation of the Eddy and Bissel Live Stock Company." New Mexico State Records Center and Archives, Santa Fe.

"Articles of Incorporation of the Pecos Irrigation and Investment Company." New Mexico State Records Center and Archives, Santa Fe.

"Articles of Incorporation of the Pecos Irrigation Company." New Mexico State Records Center and Archives, Santa Fe.

"Articles of Incorporation of the Pecos Valley Land and Ditch Company." New Mexico State Records Center and Archives, Santa Fe.

"Deed Record Book 1." Eddy County Courthouse, Carlsbad, New Mexico.

"Deed Record Book 6." Eddy County Courthouse, Carlsbad, New Mexico.

"Patent Record" Book. Eddy County Courthouse, Carlsbad, New Mexico.

Unpublished Sources

"Abstract of Title to T21S, R26E, NMPM, Section 12." Located in the Pecos Valley Projects Office, Bureau of Reclamation, Carlsbad, New Mexico.

Baldwin, E.H. Correspondence to the Director and Chief Engineer, U.S. Reclamation Service, April 23, 1915. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 442, File 351, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Benson, R.S., et. al. Correspondence to Francis G. Tracy, October 8, 1904. Located in the Pecos Valley Projects Office, Bureau of Reclamation, Carlsbad, New Mexico.

Blauvelt, L.D., Correspondence to C.B. Eddy, March 12, 1893. Located in the Pecos Valley Projects Office, Bureau of Reclamation, Carlsbad, New Mexico.

Board of Engineers Correspondence to Director, April 11, 1911. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 1094, File 241, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Bonstedt, Fred and E.B. Debler. "Report on Investigations: Pecos River and Carlsbad Project Extensions in New Mexico, May, 1923." RG 115, Entry 7, Box 451, File 301, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Carlsbad Commercial Club Correspondence to Robert Ervien, State Land Commissioner, February 17, 1914. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 441, File 466, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Chief Engineer, U.S. Geological Survey Correspondence to W.M. Reed, October 10, 1904. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 443, File 651, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Chief Engineer, U.S. Reclamation Service Correspondence to Pecos Water Users Association, December 1, 1905. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 443, File 652, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Chief Engineer, U.S. Reclamation Service Correspondence to the Commissioner, U.S. Reclamation Service, August 8, 1923. RG 115, Entry 7, Box 451, File 351, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation Correspondence to Sam G. Bratton, U.S. Senate, February 23, 1929. RG 115, Entry 7, Box 452, File 301.1, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Davis, A.P., et. al. Correspondence to F.H. Newell, September 10, 1904. RG 115, Entry 4, Box 1, File 25, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

_________. Correspondence to B.M. Hall, December 21, 1904. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 443, File 651, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

__________. Correspondence to the Secretary of the Interior, October 6, 1910. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 438, File 338-A, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

_________. Correspondence to F.H. Newell, November 4, 1911. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 441, File 466, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

_________. Correspondence to Louis Hill, May 19, 1913. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 449, File 875, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

__________. Correspondence to the Secretary of the Interior (with attachment), April 10, 1915. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 438, File 651, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Director and Chief Engineer. Correspondence to District Engineer Office, March 11, 1915. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 291, Files 910-912, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Director, U.S. Geological Survey. Correspondence to the Secretary of the Interior (with attachments), December 28, 1905. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 443, File 652, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Director, U.S. Reclamation Service. Correspondence to L.C. Hill, June 10, 1908. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 441, File 466, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

__________. Correspondence to the Secretary of the Interior, March 22, 1910. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 438, File 338-Al, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

_________. Correspondence to the Secretary of the Interior, March 13, 1911. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 438, File 338-A, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

__________. Correspondence to the Chief Engineer, U.S. Reclamation Service, March 25, 1921. RG 115, Entry 7, Box 451, File 301, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Eddy, C.E. Correspondence to L. Bradford Prince, September 3, 1890. Reel 107, Frames 37-43, Records of the Territorial Governors. New Mexico State Records Center and Archives, Santa Fe.

Finch, C.H. Correspondence to F.H. Newell, February 24, 1903. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 443, File 651, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Foster, Lewis E. "Soils ad Agriculture of the Carlsbad Project," 1907. RG 115, Entry 2, Box 438, File 338-B, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

__________. Correspondence to the Director, U.S. Reclamation Service, October 5, 1917. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 442, File 651, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

__________. Correspondence to the Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, October 20, 1923. RG 115, Entry 7, Box 282, File 85, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

__________. Correspondence to the Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, November 3, 1927 (with attachments). RG 115, Entry 7, Box 451, File 301, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

_________. Correspondence to the Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, June 21, 1932. RG 115, Entry 7, Box 277, Files 1 and 2, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

__________. Correspondence to Charles Ethrige Minton, October 1, 1940. WPA File #201. New Mexico State Records Center and Archives, Santa Fe.

Garfield, James R. Correspondence to Francis G. Tracy, January 9, 1908. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 438, File 338-Al, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Gross, C.P., Army Corps of Engineers. Correspondence to the Secretary of the Interior, October 30, 1928. RG 115, Entry 7, Box 452, File 301.1, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Grunsky, C.E. Correspondence to the Director, U.S. Geological Survey, June 27, 1906. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 443, File 651, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

[Hagerman, James John]. "James John Hagerman: Memoirs of His Life, Written by Himself at Roswell, New Mexico in 1908." Typescript in Rio Grande Historical Collections, New Mexico State University Library, Las Cruces.

Hagerman, J.J. "In the Matter of the Hondo Reservoir." Transcript of testimony given against building the Hondo Reservoir, September 6, 1904. RG 115, Entry 4, Box 1, File 25, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

_________. Correspondence to W.M. Reed, July 1, 1904. RG 115, Entry 4, Box 1, File 25, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Hall, B.M. and W.M. Reed Correspondence to the Chief Engineer, U.S. Geological Survey, December 15, 1904. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 443, File 651, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Hall, B.M. Correspondence to the Chief Engineer, U.S. Reclamation Service, November 22, 1905. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 443, File 651, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Henny, D.C. and Louis C. Hill Correspondence to the Director, U.S. Reclamation Service, December 7, 1911. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 443, File 651, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Henny, D.C., et. al. Correspondence to the Reclamation Commission, U.S. Reclamation Service, June 11, 1915. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 442, File 351, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Henny, D.C. Correspondence to the Chief of Construction, U.S. Reclamation Service, August 23, 1916. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 442, File 651, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Hill, Louis C. Correspondence to the Director, U.S. Reclamation Service, June 30, 1908. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 441, File 466, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

__________. Correspondence to the Director, U.S. Reclamation Service, November 21, 1908. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 438, File 338-Al, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

_________. Correspondence to the Chief Engineer, January 14, 1913. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 442, File 351, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

__________. Correspondence to the Director, U.S. Reclamation Service, April 17, 1913. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 449, File 875, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Jones, A.A., Department of the Interior. Correspondence to Frank H. Richards, Carlsbad Commercial Club, April 13, 1916. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 441, File 466, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Lane, Franklin K., Secretary of the Interior. Correspondence to O.A. Larrazola, Governor of New Mexico, May 29, 1919. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 438, File 338-Al, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Lee, Willis T. "Report on the Geology Near Carlsbad, New Mexico, [December 1905]." RG 115, Entry 3, Box 443, File 652, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Lodge, Henry Cabot. Correspondence to E.A. Hitchcock, October 29, 1904. RG 115, Entry 4, Box 1, File 25, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

McIntyre, Assistant Engineer. Correspondence to District Engineer, June 29, 1912. General Correspondence Files, Office of the Chief Engineer, Records of the Bureau of Reclamation, RG 115, Box 269, File 77G, Denver Branch, National Archives, Denver.

McLenathen, C.H. Correspondence to Frederick H. Newell, July 8, 1907. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 441, File 446-B, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

McShane, P.J. Correspondence to W.M. Reed, October 30, 1911. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 441, File 466, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Means, Thomas H. "Report on Agricultural Possibilities of the Carlsbad Project, New Mexico." RG 113, Entry 3, Box 438, File 338, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Meinser, O.E., et.al., Correspondence to the Director, U.S. Geological Survey, September 10, 1929. RG 115, Entry 7, Box 451, File 301, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

"Minutes of First Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of Pecos Irrigation Company, February 10, 1902." RG 115, Entry 3, Box 449, File 875, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

"Minutes of Second Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the Pecos Irrigation Company, February 10, 1903." RG 115, Entry 3, Box 449, File 875, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Muggeridge, M.L. Correspondence to F.K. Lane, April 13, 1914. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 449, File 1158, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Myers, E.W. "Report Correspondence to B.M. Hall, Supervising Engineer, on the Design and Construction of the Replacement and Repair Work for the Pecos Irrigation Co. Near Carlsbad, New Mexico." RG 115, Entry 3, Box 443, File 651, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Newell, F.H. Correspondence to Francis G. Tracy, January 12, 1905. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 443, File 652, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

__________. Correspondence to W.H. Sanders, September 27, 1905. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 443, File 651, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

__________. Correspondence to Louis C. Hill, December 16, 1911. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 443, File 651, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

_________. Telegram to the President, February 13, 1912. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 441, File 466, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

"The Eddy Brothers." Typescript in History File (County) #14. New Mexico State Records Center and Archives, Santa Fe.

Pecos Irrigation and Improvement Company, Report to the Stockholders, December 15, 1891. RG 115, Entry 4, Box 1, File 25, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Pecos Water Users Association and Pecos Irrigation Company. Correspondence to F.H. Newell, January 5, 1905. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 443, File 652, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Pecos Water Users Association. Correspondence to Frederick H. Newell, November 8, 1904. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 443, File 652, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

__________. Correspondence to R.A. Ballinger, November 29, 1909. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 438, File 338-Al, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

_________. Correspondence to the Secretary of the Interior, March 1, 1911. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 438 File 338-Al, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

_________. Correspondence to "Mr. Congressman or Senator," April 5, 1919. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 438, File 338-A1, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

"Plan for the Settlement of the Affairs of the Pecos Irrigation and Improvement Company of New Mexico and for the Reorganization of a New Company by the Bondholders." RG 115, Entry 4, Box 1, File 25, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Reed, W.M., et.al., Correspondence to the Chief Engineer, U.S. Reclamation Service, August 31, 1905. RG 115 Entry 3, Box 443, File 651, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

_________. Correspondence to B.M. Hall, June 23, 1906. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 441, File 466, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Reed, W.M., Correspondence to the Chief Engineer, U.S. Reclamation Service, October 10, 1904. RG 115 Entry 3, Box 443, File 651, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

__________. Correspondence to the Chief Engineer, U.S. Reclamation Service, August 15, 1906. RG 115 Entry 3, Box 441, File 338, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

___________. Correspondence to the Director, U.S. Reclamation Service, October 18, 1907. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 438, File 338-A, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

___________. Correspondence to the Director, U.S. Reclamation Service, November 22, 1907. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 438, File 338-A1, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

___________. Correspondence to the Director, U.S. Reclamation Service, June 25, 1908. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 441, Box 466, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

_________. Correspondence to the Chief Engineer, U.S. Reclamation Service, November 17, 1908 (includes deposition by F.G. Tracy regarding the Malaga Land Company). RG 115, Entry 3, Box 442, File 466-4, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

___________. Correspondence to the Director, U.S. Reclamation Service, March 5, 1910. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 439, File 338-A1, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

__________. Correspondence to L.C. Hill, April 15, 1910. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 438, File 338-A1, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

__________. Correspondence to the Director, U.S. Reclamation Service, October 27, 1911. RG 115 Entry 3, Box 437, File 331, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

__________. Correspondence to the Director, U.S. Reclamation Service, November 16, 1911. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 443, File 651, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

_________. Correspondence to A.P. Davis, November 18, 1911. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 441, File 466, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

___________. Correspondence to the Director, U.S. Reclamation Service, December 27, 1911. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 443, File 651, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

__________. Correspondence to the Director, U.S. Reclamation Service, February 12, 1912. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 441, File 466, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Richardson, G.B. "Notes on Proposed Reservoir Site No. 3, Carlsbad Project, New Mexico." RG 115, Entry 3, Box 443, File 651, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Rizer, H.C. Correspondence to the Secretary of the Interior, November 22, 1906. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 438, File 338-A1, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Ryan, W.A., Comptroller, U.S.G.S. Correspondence to W.B. Wilson, Pecos Water Users Association, October 17, 1914 (with attachment). RG 115, Entry 3, Box 440, File 338-AS, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Smith, C.G. Correspondence to the Comptroller, U.S. Reclamation Service, August 8, 1915. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 438, File 338-A1, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Stanford, Gardner P. and Charles S. Kelley. Correspondence to William S. Greene, October 25, 1904. RG 115, Entry 4, Box 1, File 25, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Taylor (no first name). Correspondence to the Director, U.S. Reclamation Service, June 4, 1923. RG 115, Entry 7, Box 451, File 301, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Tracy, Francis G. "Eddy County, New Mexico." Typescript in WPA File #199. New Mexico State Records Center and Archives, Santa Fe.

__________. Correspondence to E.A. Hitchcock, February 10, 1904. RG 115, Entry 4, Box 1, File 25, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

__________. Correspondence to the Secretary of the Interior, June 23, 1904. RG 115, Entry 4, Box 1, File 25, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

_________. Correspondence to R.S. Benson, October 11, 1904. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 443, File 652, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

_________. Correspondence to R.S. Benson, November 8, 1904. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 443, File 652, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

__________. Correspondence to G.B. Shaw, July 3, 1905. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 443, File 651, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

__________. Correspondence to F.H. Newell, September 23, 1905. RG 113, Entry 3, Box 443, File 651, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

__________. Correspondence to James R. Garfield, December 30, 1907. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 438, File 338-Al, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

__________. Correspondence to Morris Bien, June 9, 1908. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 442, File 466-4, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

__________. Correspondence to the President (telegram) September 9, 1911. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 441, File 466, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

__________. Correspondence to the Secretary of the Interior, September 23, 1911. Located in the Pecos Valley Projects Office, Bureau of Reclamation, Carlsbad, New Mexico.

______. Correspondence to Samuel Adams, February 1, 1912. RG 115, Entry 3, Box 441, File 466, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

__________. Correspondence to George B. Harrison, December 24, 1929. New Mexico State Records Center and Archives, Santa Fe.

__________. Correspondence to Herbert W. Yeo, New Mexico State Engineer, January 9, 1930. Located at the Office of the State Engineer, Santa Fe.

Trowbridge, C.R. "Report on Inspection of Carlsbad Project — Reclamation Service." RG 115, Entry 7, Box 445, File 105.21, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

"United States of America vs. Hope Community Ditch, et. al." Testimony taken at Carlsbad, New Mexico, January 4, 1926. Transcript located at the Office of the State Engineer, Santa Fe.

Walter, A.F., Chief Engineer, to the Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, March 1, 1928. RG 115, Entry 7, Box 451, File 301, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Miscellaneous Sources

[Automatic Spillway Gates at Spillway No. 1, Avalon Dam]. Construction Drawing Number 5-500-231, Box 16. Denver Branch, National Archives, Denver.

"Detail Construction, Spillway No. 2," 1917. Engineering drawing from aperture card. Bureau of Reclamation, Salt Lake City, Utah.

"L.D. Blauveldt." Biographical file, located at the Colorado Historical Society, Denver.

"H.H. Cloud." Biographical file, located at the Colorado Historical Society, Denver.

"Edwin S. Nettleton." Biographical file, located at the Colorado Historical Society, Denver.

"Field Notes of the Survey of the Pecos Irrigation & Improvement Co's Reservoir No. 1, Eddy Co., New Mexico." Located at the Pecos River Projects Office, Bureau of Reclamation, Carlsbad, New Mexico.

Malaga Land Company. Descriptions of company and a sample brochure are located in RG 115, Entry 3, Box 442, File 466-A, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

"McMillan Dam: General Plan and Sections with Proposed Improvements," 1937. Engineering Drawing Number 5-D-489 from aperture card, Bureau of Reclamation, Salt Lake City, Utah.

"Plan ad Typical Cross Section, Avalon Dam." Record Drawing, Accession No. 17353, Box 16, Denver Branch, National Archives, Denver.

"Plats of the Pecos Irrigation and Improvement Co.'s Storage Reservoir No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3." RG 49, Division F, Canals and Reservoirs File, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Constructed in 1890, this attractive two-story, brick, commercial building, located in downtown Carlsbad, has served as the headquarters for the Carlsbad irrigation project for over 100 years. — Fred Quivik, February 1990.