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    Irrigation In Yuma Essay

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    Irrigation in Yuma is one of the biggest things here because half of our jobs depend on it. Describe in detail how irrigation changed Yuma/Southern Arizona. Irrigation has change Yuma and Southern Arizona half of our income is agriculture with help of irrigation.The Colorado River is the water source for Southern Arizona around 17 million people depend on the colorado river “Total population in the immediate area is estimated at 4,500 practically all dependent on agriculture” without it Southern

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    Irrigation of Yuma How did irrigation change Yuma/Southern Arizona, it did so in many different ways. During the 1900’s a little town in Arizona called Yuma had a fairly big waterway and canal project called the “Yuma project” the Yuma project’s main purpose was to explore year round farming conditions and also irrigate a substantial amount of land so all or most of the crop fields would not go dry and die. A lot of this project was levees, canals, and drains moving the water to places

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    Yuma Project Case Study

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    about Yuma Arizona. Yuma has project name Yuma Project and this project helps control the water and help keep plants healthy. So here are some things that help Yuma get better. First we start how irrigation changed Yuma and Southern Arizona. Then how geography impact the development of irrigation. After that we learn how the project was so important for Yuma. Finally, did the Yuma Project have positive or negative impact on the Yuma. Question 1: Describe in detail how irrigation changed Yuma/ Southern

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    This essay will be about how irrigation has helped Yuma ever since the dams and irrigation first started. If those two things had never been builded Yuma wouldn't be what it is today, the population will be way lower than what it is today and Yuma would be alone. Question 1: Describe in detail how irrigation changed Yuma/ Southern Arizona: One of the many things that irrigation changed Yuma was by it expanded Yuma’s population by 80%. Yuma used to be a very unpopulated area. Phoenix, Tucson, and

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    The yuma project was first authorized in May 10,1904 and was the first irrigation project in Yuma. Thanks to the Yuma project many farms got water and the farms were finally able to produce goods. Once the project was done many people found out that Yuma had water and it was able to be transported to the farms, the population started to increase, but it didn't only just increased, it also decreased by a little, but later on population started to expand once more. Developers also faced many challenges

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    this essay, you will be reading a thorough examination of the Yuma Territorial Prison. Yuma Territorial opened in 1879. Yuma Territorial opened in 1879. The prison was built to provide more space to hold more prisoners. This prison was better to do a better job of keeping them locked in. In 1909 was when they closed down the prison. The style was very important to the prison. They also had movies made there after closing. But, after Yuma Territorial closed down the had a High school there. The prison

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    Yuma Territorial Prison

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    Only few people can answer that question, but The Yuma Territorial Prison was not only a prison, it also had other activities which the prisoners could get involved in so they would not spend all day locked in a cell. For example a very important part of the prison was the famous Library which was built inside the Yum Territorial Prison. It was not a very fancy library, the prison could hardly afford books for the prisoners and for the people of Yuma to use. This library did not only help the prisoners

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    3: 10 To Yuma Essay

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    All Aboard The 3:10 to Yuma If you are a fan of western movies packed with gunfights, blood, and drama, 3:10 to Yuma is the movie for you. Many individuals of older age would remember the original 1957 film, but this remake is a vast improvement from that. This movie is full of action up to the very last minute, and though it may be two hours long, there isn’t one moment that would warrant losing interest. Dan Evans (Christian Bale) is a Civil War veteran and farmer who has one leg, and has fallen

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    What is the irrigation to Yuma, Arizona? A big impact on such a little town actually. Yuma’s main water source is the Colorado River. But this river does not work the greatest with Yuma’s set up. This southern part of Arizona is one big flat pile of sand so to speak. And when you are a flat pile of sand things do not break down. Which leads to everything building on top of each other. When rain decides to come to Yuma the water builds. This causes the Colorado River to flood. But because of the large

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    Yuma Project

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    If you see yuma right now you wouldn't tell that back when yuma became a town it flooded up most of the time and destroy everything in its way and it would be dangerous because it could kill people. The reason it would get flooded is back at that time they didn't have anything to control the water coming from the colorado river. The people that lived here notice that the soil in yuma is amazing and it would grow a lot of crops because of the water that would run through there when it would get flooded

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