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Episode 211: Surveying the Pima Reservation
Episode 211
In which someone suggests a radical idea - actually collecting hard data on and documenting the impact of upstream diversions to the O’odham living along the Gila River.
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 210: The Colorado River Compact, Part VI: Arizona's Characteristic Obsession
Episode 210
The end to the decades-long saga of trying to divide the Colorado River.
Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 209: The Colorado River Compact, Part V: The Swing-Johnson Bill
Episode 209
With both versions of the Colorado River Compact seeming to hit brick walls, proponents switched their focus to helping California pass the Swing-Johnson Bill, which would basically enforce the terms…
Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago
Episode 208: The Colorado River Compact, Part IV: The Six State Solution
Episode 208
After growing tired of Arizona’s refusal to ratify the Colorado River Compact, the other states contemplated how to move forward. Their best solution was to just ignore Arizona completely.
Published on 6 months ago
Episode 207: The Colorado River Compact, Part III: Hoover Will Run Up Against a Brick Wall
Episode 207
The Colorado River Compact had been signed by the commission delegates, but soon enough a whole new round of squabbling started in the individual state legislatures. And the biggest roadblock of all …
Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 206: The Colorado River Compact, Part II: Upper Basin, Lower Basin
Episode 206
When the Colorado River Commission reached an impasse, Delph Carpenter proposed an idea. To get around the myriad of competing entrenched interests, he went with something both simple and (eventually…
Published on 6 months, 4 weeks ago
Episode 205: The Colorado River Compact, Part 1: Stalemate
Episode 205
By 1922, everyone along the Colorado River agreed to get together and decide how to split up the water amicably. Unfortunately, their first attempt would only last four days.
Published on 7 months ago
Episode 204: The League of the Southwest
Episode 204
Throughout the 1910s, states came together and fell apart as they all discussed differing visions for the use of the Colorado River. Finally, in 1920, one lawyer from Colorado had a brilliant idea — …
Published on 7 months, 1 week ago
Episode 203: Imperial Dreams
Episode 203
By the 1920s, everyone was thinking that it was time to tap the Colorado River for irrigation. However, before we cover that, I think we need to go over the ground rules for water rights in the Weste…
Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 202: The Mother of Highways
Episode 202
As automobiles grew more popular in the 1920s, Arizona suddenly had to invest a lot into building the infrastructure that would allow them to get around. From bridges to tunnels to actual highways, l…
Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago