Encyclopedia > Newlands Reclamation Act

Article Content

Newlands Reclamation Act

The Newlands Reclamation Act of 1902 set aside money from sales of semiarid public lands in 16 western states of the United States for constructing and maintaining irrigation projects. The newly irrigated land would be sold and money would expand project.

All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!

Featured Article

Quioque, New York

... 42.6% are non-families. 36.3% of all households are made up of individuals and 17.6% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size ...