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    United States Bureau of Reclamation. The Act was co-authored by Democratic Congressional Representative Francis G. Newlands of Nevada, Frederick H. Newell...
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    Lake Tahoe Dam (category United States Bureau of Reclamation dams)
    Representative Newlands was finally able to successfully push his bill through. On June 17, 1902, Congress passed the Newlands Reclamation Act, thus creating...
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    westward expansion, he helped pass the Newlands Reclamation Act of 1902, which created the Bureau of Reclamation and boosted the agricultural industry...
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    efficiency in conserving natural resources. He encouraged the Newlands Reclamation Act of 1902 to promote federal construction of dams to irrigate small...
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  • Roosevelt's time in office. The Newlands Reclamation Act of 1902. The Kinkaid Act of 1904. The Forest Homestead Act (1906) allowed the patenting, or...
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    the Lahontan Dam, built in 1905 by the Bureau of Reclamation as part of the Newlands Reclamation Act and is located between Fallon, Nevada and Carson...
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    Project United States Bureau of Reclamation, a federal agency which oversees water resource management Newlands Reclamation Act, a 1902 United States federal...
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    1902 – Drago Doctrine 1902 – First Rose Bowl game played 1902 – Newlands Reclamation Act 1903 – Great Train Robbery movie opens 1903 – Harley-Davidson Motor...
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    of Historic Places in 2010. After passage of the Newlands Reclamation Act in 1902, the Reclamation Service was the administrative center of irrigation...
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    United States Senator Francis G. Newlands (1846-1917), a driving force in passage of the 1902 Newlands Reclamation Act. It was declared a National Historic...
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    Project, an early large-scale irrigation effort authorized under the Newlands Reclamation Act of 1902. In 1916, the town was incorporated as Hot Springs. It...
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  • and water quality upon these endangered fish species. Derby Dam Newlands Reclamation Act Official website Media related to Canals in Nevada at Wikimedia...
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    resources. He worked closely with Gifford Pinchot and used the Newlands Reclamation Act of 1902 to promote federal construction of dams to irrigate small...
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    fountain honors Newlands, a U.S. senator and founder of Chevy Chase, Maryland. In 1902, Newland sponsored the Newlands Reclamation Act, which allowed the...
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    Fernley area was developed through the Newlands Irrigation Project, which was a result of the Newlands Reclamation Act of 1902. The project established an...
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    newly formed United States Bureau of Reclamation, the Orland Project, authorized by the Newlands Reclamation Act. The 1910 East Park Dam and other area...
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  • htm Archived 2009-08-13 at the Wayback Machine. Newlands Reclamation Act of 1902 Timber and Stone Act Homestead Act Public domain (land)...
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  • Asked by President Theodore Roosevelt to resign for opposing the Newlands Reclamation Act. Campbell's narrow election win was overturned by the Arizona Supreme...
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    Deal domestic agenda, he stumbled badly during the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act debate and the Pinchot–Ballinger controversy. The political fallout of these...
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    her siblings, was assigned an enslaved child as her personal "shadow", to act as a companion. Mittie's companion, Lavinia, went everywhere with her, stopping...
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    presidency.[citation needed] The Act became law on May 15, 1922. Newlands Reclamation Act Pittman Underground Water Act Managing Construction and Infrastructure...
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  • Control Act 1987 Newlands Reclamation Act Niagara Falls Night soil Nitrate Vulnerable Zone No-dig gardening Noise (environmental) Noise Control Act Noise...
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  • such as the Grand Canyon. In addition, Roosevelt approved the Newlands Reclamation Act of 1902 which gave subsidies for irrigation in 13 (eventually 20)...
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    with Fort Churchill State Historic Park. Following passage of the Newlands Reclamation Act of 1902, the Lahontan Dam was constructed along the Carson River...
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    Deal" Booker T. Washington dinner Conservation Newlands Reclamation Act Transfer Act of 1905 Antiquities Act Pelican Island Devils Tower National Monument...
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    infirm, T.R. turned more and more to his daughter Alice for advice and to act as a go-between in delicate political situations. In 1895 at age 40, Anna...
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  • doctrine of prior appropriation. This was curtailed in 1902 by the Newlands Reclamation Act which introduced subsidies for irrigation projects. This had the...
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    Deal" Booker T. Washington dinner Conservation Newlands Reclamation Act Transfer Act of 1905 Antiquities Act Pelican Island Devils Tower National Monument...
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    conservationist policies in national forests. Roosevelt encouraged the Newlands Reclamation Act of 1902, which promoted federal construction of dams to irrigate...
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    Theodore Roosevelt Dam (category United States Bureau of Reclamation dams)
    they lacked the funding to proceed. The Newlands Reclamation Act of 1902 created the United States Reclamation Service, whose purpose was to design and...
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