Roosevelt Irrigation District Photographs

Collection

Identifier: CP SPC 326.16

Scope and Content Note

This collection houses five photographs and one newspaper clipping showing William Mishka and Dorothy Long at various sites in the Roosevelt Irrigation District. Among the subjects depicted are District wells and melons grown on Miller Ranch near Buckeye Park.

Dates

Creation: 1928

Creator

Roosevelt Irrigation District (Maricopa County, Ariz.) (Organization)

Language of Materials

Material in English

Access Restrictions

To view this collection, make an appointment at least five business days prior to your visit by contacting Ask an Archivist. Appointments in the Wurzburger Reading Room at Hayden Library (rm. 138) on the Tempe campus are available Tuesday through Thursday, from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Check the ASU Library Hours page for current availability.

Copyright

Arizona State University does not own copyright to this collection. Distinctive Collections recognizes that it is incumbent upon the researcher to procure permission to publish information from this collection from the owner of the copyright.

Historical Note

The Roosevelt Irrigation District's predecessor was established in August of 1921 when the Salt River Valley Water Users Association signed a contract with the Carrick and Mangham Agua Fria Land and Irrigation Company under which the company agreed to pump no less than 70,000 acre-feet per year of water from an area northeast of Tolleson in order to relieve waterlogging. The Roosevelt Irrigation District was formed in 1923 and all of the provisions of the contract were assumed by the District. The contract was modified and amplified in 1927. In 2015, the District used 50 miles of main canals and 185 miles of lateral canals (mostly lined with concrete) to transport both groundwater and reclaimed water to customers in the West Valley and southwest Phoenix.