Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Baxter, John O.

Dividing New Mexico's waters, 1700-1912 John O. Baxter - 1st ed. - Albuquerque University of New Mexico Press c1997. - viii, 135 p. ill. ; 23 cm.

Water and settlement patterns -- Water administration during the colonial era -- Water administration during the Mexican era -- Water administration during the early territorial era -- Water administration during the late territorial era.

Surveyed in this book are two centuries of struggles over water rights. Most conflicts have occurred when someone suddenly seized and redirected the flow of water away from another user. Usually disputes were resolved through an appeal process, but these often followed ditch-bank fights punctuated by blows from shovels

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Water resources development--History.--New Mexico

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