Rocky Mountain Administrative History

1. "Water through the Rockies; Giant Colorado Tunnel to feed Arid Farms on Eastern Slope," Newsweek, December 15, 1941, p. 76.

2. "Piercing the Backbone of a Continent," Industrial News, March 1945, p. 1.

3. Fred N. Norcross, "Genesis of the Colorado-Big Thompson Project," Colorado Magazine, January 1953, p. 29.

4. Ibid., p. 30.

5. Ibid., p. 31.

6. Rocky Mountain News, September 16, 1933.

7. The Denver Post, October 1, 1933.

8. Rocky Mountain News, September 27, 1933.

9. Superintendent's Monthly Report, October 1933, "Monthly Reports, 1933," pp. 11-12. Rocky Mountain National Park Library.

10. Norcross, "Big Thompson Project," p. 32.

11. Superintendent's Annual Report, 1936, "Annual Reports, 1931-1953," p. 8. Rocky Mountain National Park Library.

12. Estes Park Trail, February 21, 1936.

13. Ibid., March 6, 1936.

14. Among the groups protesting the diversion project were: the National Association of Audubon Societies, the Izaak Walton League of America, the General Federation of Women's Clubs, the American Planning and Civic Association, the American Forestry Association, the Garden Club of America, the American Wildlife Institute, the National Parks Association, the Society of American Foresters, the American Association of Museums, the National Conference on State Parks, the Massachusetts Forest and Park Association, and the Wilderness Society. Science, April 24, 1936, p. 385.

15. Ibid.

16. The Denver Post, April 17, 1936.

17. Ibid.

18. Denver News, April 16, 1936.

19. The Denver Post, April 17, 1936.

20. Denver News, April 18, 1936.

21. Arguments for and against the diversion project can be found in: U. S., Congressional Record, 74th Congress, 2d Session, 1936, LXXX, Part 7, pp. 7611-7632.

22. Estes Park Trail, July 10, 1936.

23. The Denver Post, October 4, 1936.

24. Ibid.

25. Rocky Mountain News, October 12, 1936.

26. The Denver Post, November 8, 1936.

27. Superintendent's Monthly Report, November, 1936, "Monthly Reports, 1936-1937," p. 3. Rocky Mountain National Park Library.

28. The Denver Post, June 17, 1937.

29. Ibid., June 26, 1937.

30. Ibid., July 3, 1937

31. Ibid.

32. Estes Park Trail, September 17, 1937.

33. Letter of Glen Preston to The Loveland Reporter-Herald and printed in the Estes Park Trail, October 22, 1937.

34. Ibid.

35. Superintendent's Monthly Report, December 1937, "Monthly Reports, 1936-1937," pp. 11-12.

36. Ibid., March 1939, p. 1.

37. "Backbone of a Continent," p. 4. The Colorado-Big Thompson project was dedicated finally on August 11, 1956. Secretary of Interior Fred Seaton presided at the ceremonies.