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West Umatilla Irrigation Project History Summary
A 1913 Portland report recounts the West Umatilla project’s origins from an idea in 1900 to the 1912-13 push for Butter Creek reservoir works. It traces early proposals by the Northern Pacific, a then-abandoned Juniper plan, public hearings in eastern Oregon, land subscription drives, and administrative reviews that set the stage for construction at Hermiston and resumption of dam plans near Butter Creek.
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Oregon
West Umatilla
United States
E. G. Hopson
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Umatilla
Butter Creek
Northern Pacific Company
Irrigan
Western Land and Irrigation Company
Juniper
Hermiston
Buttercreek
Reclamation Service
Secretary of the Interior
Pendleton
Department
Lane