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!
100 Years Of Water Management And Nebraska History
A historical overview by Stan Matzke traces Nebraska water control from pioneer flood coping to modern multi purpose projects. It covers irrigation’s growth from small ditch to vast pump systems, key laws, watershed approaches, and major districts, highlighting leaders and milestones shaping Nebraska’s water program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Nebraska State Irrigation Assn
Nebraska Reclamation Assn
Sidney
Dee
Stan Matzke
Central
Great American Desert
100Th Meridian
R. H. Willis
Nebraska Bureau of Irrigation
Nebraska State Irrigation Association
North Platte
North Platte River
Maxwell
Lodgepole Creek
Wood River
Republican River
White River
Cedar Creek
Platte River
Nebrara River
Frenchman River
State Board of Irrigation
Dawson County
Wong
Willis
Nebraskaz State Irrigation Association
George Heed
Rocky Mountains
Lexington
Evin Hinckley Barbour
University of Nebraska
Edward T. McLernon
Sidney Merchant
George E. Condra
Eugene C. Reed
Theodore Roosevelt
Gifford Pinchot
National Congress
Wyoming
Senate
Lancaster
Saunders
Lincoln
Salt Creek
Ashland
Nemaha River
Brownell
R. S
A. S. of
State Department of Water Resources
Platte
Irrigaon
Bureau of Reclamation
D.A
Nater