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Million-Dollar Idaho Irrigation Fight Drives Westward Growth
Idaho's Boise Valley gains from irrigation while gold era fades. Government Payette Boise project aims to reclaim 570000 acres with dams and 200 miles of canals. Initial US funding about 1 million dollars in 1906, targeting 120000 acres of Boise Valley irrigation.
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