This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Rigby Irrigation Canals and Great Feeder Works Explained
The article details the late Commodore Tam Lew estate now owned by his wife and describes the extensive irrigation system near Rigby. It covers the Dilts and Labelle Ditch Co., canal capacity additions from 1894 to 1899, and the development of the Great Feeder Canal Company with its dams, headgates, spillways, and reinforced concrete structures. It also notes court adjustments to Snake River waters, the 1895 formation of The Great Feeder to return water to the Dry Bed, and outlines canals like Farmers Friend, Cana, Farmers Pride, Willow Creek routes, and the Anderson Canal with their capacities and headgates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tam Lew
Dilts and Labelle Ditch Co
Lorenzo and
Annis
Great Feeder Canal Company
Lie
Supreme Court of the State
Snake River
South Fork
Dam End
United Corporations
Farmers Friend
Rigby
Willow Creek
Skelton
Elva
Idaho Falls
Cana
Eagle Rock
Idaho
Iowa
Amnon
Goshen
Idho Palls
Anderson
Hesse Hot Springs