Missouri Basin Inter-agency Committee; Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.) Oahe Unit; Tennessee Valley Authority; Irrigation -- South Dakota
This editorial compares the Tennessee Valley Authority with the Missouri Basin Commission and the involvement of the federal government with control of Missouri Basin development.
Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.) Oahe Unit; Irrigation--South Dakota; Dams -- South Dakota; Flood control--Law and legislation--United States; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers; James River (N.D. and S.D.); Oahe Conservancy Sub-District...
The Congressional Report submitted by Senator George McGovern concerning the Senate Bill 6 authorizing the construction of the initial state of the Oahe unit of the Missouri River Basin project.
Irrigation -- South Dakota; Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.). Garrison Diversion Unit; Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.) Oahe Unit; James River (N.D. and S.D.); United States. Bureau of Reclamation
Questions asked by people who will be affected by the irrigation project are answered by members of the College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences at South Dakota State University who are serving on an Oahe Task Force committee.
Irrigation -- South Dakota; Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.); United States. Dept. of the Interior; United States. Bureau of Reclamation
This booklet describes Missouri River Project divisions and units on which work is programed for fiscal year 1950. A short history of the Bureau of Reclamation is also included.
Mundt, Karl E., Sen. (Karl Earl), 1900-1974; Irrigation -- South Dakota; Oahe Dam (S.D.); Missouri River Watershed; Pick, General Lewis A.; Sloan, Glen; Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program
Comments by Sen. Karl Mundt on the importance of the authorization of the Oahe Irrigation Unit of the Missouri River Basin Development Plan.
Oahe Dam (S. D.); Hydroelectric power plants -- South Dakota; Missouri River Basin Project: Dams – South Dakota; Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program; Flood control -- South Dakota
In the summer of ’62 the upper Midwest will receive the first electricity from the 85,0000 kilowatt generating unit of the Oahe Dam.
Irrigation projects -- South Dakota; Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.). Oahe Unit; United States. Bureau of Reclamation; Lewis, James
Oahe Conservancy Sub-district approved the master contract governing water usage and cost, maintenance and operational procedures and repayment guidelines.
Dam construction -- South Dakota -- 1950-1960; Oahe Dam (S.D.); Siebert, John W., Jr.; Woodbury, Col. Harry G.; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Full page of photos of the service gate hoist, power intake towers, outlet works intake towers, outlet works control structure, aerial view of progress on the Oahe Dam, powerhouse and surge tanks, and stilling basin. Oahe project data and article...
Irrigation projects -- South Dakota; Irrigation -- South Dakota; Missouri River Basin Project; Holum, Kenneth; ; McGovern, George S. (George Stanley), 1922- ; South Dakota Reclamation and Water Development Association; South Dakota Irrigators...
A two day meeting held to discuss the Oahe Irrigation project. Senator George McGovern and Kenneth Holum, Assistant Secretary of Interior for Power and Water, to speak.
Oahe Dam (S.D.); Missouri River Basin Project; Dams – Missouri River; Rockefeller, Winthrop, 1912-1973; South Dakota. Governor (1955-1959: Foss); South Dakota. Governor (1943-1947: Sharpe); Hammond, Colonel D.G.; United States. Army. Corps of...
15,000 people attended a ceremony celebrating the dam closure. Speakers included Winthrop Rockefeller; Governor Joe Foss, and former Governor M. Q. Sharpe.
Oahe Dam (S.D.); Dam construction -- South Dakota -- 1940-1950; Case, Francis H. (Francis Higbee), 1896-1962.; Pick, General Lewis A.; Prentiss, Col. L.W.; Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program;
Groundbreaking ceremonies held at Oahe damsite, the largest construction job ever undertaken in South Dakota .
Oahe Dam (S.D.); Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.) Oahe Unit; Starbird, Alfred D. (Alfred Dodd), 1912-1983
A large chunk of earth has been observed slipping along a natural fault line at the construction area of the Oahe Dam. An area engineer states that it may be the first time such an event has been watched and scientifically recorded.
Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.) Oahe Unit; Irrigation--South Dakota; Fort Randall Dam (S.D.); Niobrara River (Wyo. and Neb.); Irrigation--Nebraska; Irrigation--Kansas; Irrigation--Texas
This editorial discusses the report of a consulting firm which proposed a plan to use Missouri River water to irrigate states south of South Dakota.
Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.) Oahe Unit; Irrigation--South Dakota; South Dakota State University. Water Resources Institute; South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station; South Dakota State University. Cooperative Extension Service; Briggs,...
Dr. H.M. Briggs testified before members of the U.S. Senate on behalf of the Oahe Irrigation Project. Dr. Briggs stated that the irrigation unit would generate additional employment and stabilize the economy.
Oahe Dam (S.D.); Missouri River Basin Project; Dams – South Dakota; Philip, Scotty, 1858-1911; Wyman, Judge A. Lee; United States. Attorney (South Dakota); Flynn, Leo P.
Condemnation proceedings have started against 5770 acres for the development of the Oahe Reservoir. Condemned lands include part of Scotty Philip’s buffalo pasture.
Irrigation -- South Dakota; Irrigation projects -- South Dakota; Briggs, Hilton Marshall, 1913-2001; Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.); South Dakota State University. Water Resources Institute; South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station; South...
Dr. H.M. Briggs testified before members of the U.S. Senate on behalf of the Oahe Irrigation Project. Dr. Briggs stated that the irrigation unit would generate additional employment and stabilize the economy.
Missouri River; Irrigation -- South Dakota; Irrigation -- Texas; Karl E. (Karl Earl), 1900-1974; Kyl, John H. (John Henry), 1919-2002; Beck (R.W.) and Associates; Fort Randall Dam (S.D.)
Sen. Karl Mundt has proposed a bill calling for a study of the long term water needs of the Missouri Basin. This bill is a reaction to a plan to divert Missouri River water to irrigate land in Texas.