Contents
List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Divining the Past: An Introduction (Char Miller)
Part 1: Land and Water on New Spain's Frontiers
1. "Only Fit for Raising Stock": Spanish and Mexican Land and Water Rights in the Tamaulipan Cession (Jesús F. de la Teja)
2. Water, the Gila River Pimas, and the Arrival of the Spanish (Shelly C. Dudley)
3. "Between This River and That": Establishing Water Rights in the Chama Basin of New Mexico (Sandra K. Mathews-Lamb)
Part 2: The Native American Struggle for Water
4. Maggot Creek and Other Tales: Kiowa Identity and Water, 1870-1920 (Bonnie Lynn-Sherow)
5. The Dilemmas of Indian Water Policy, 1887-1928 (Donald J. Pisani)
6. First in Time: Tribal Reserved Water Rights and General Adjudications in New Mexico (Alan S. Newell)
7. Winters Come Home to Roost (Daniel McCool)
Part 3: Agricultural Conundrums
8. Water, Sun, and Cattle: The Chisholm Trail as an Ephemeral Ecosystem (James E. Sherow)
9. Private Irrigation in Colorodo's Grand Valley (Brad F. Raley)
10. A Rio Grande "Brew": Agriculture, Industry, and Water Quality in the Lower Rio Grande Valley (John P. Tiefenbacher)
11. Specialization and Diversification in the Agricultural System of Southwestern Kansas, 1887-1980 (Thomas C. Schafer)
12. John Wesley Powell Was Right: Resizing the Ogallala High Plains (John Opie)
Part 4: Dam those Waters!
13. Private Initiative, Public Works: Ed Fletcher, the Santa Fe Railway, and Phoenix's Cave Creek Flood Control Dam (Donald C. Jackson)
14. The Changing Fortunes of the Big Dan Era in the American West (Mark Harvey)
15. Building Dams and Damning People in the Texas-Mexico Border Region: Mexico's El Cuchillo Dam Project (Raúl M. Sánchez)
Part 5: The Coming Fight
16. Water and the Western Service Economy: A New Challenge (Hal K. Rothman)
About the Authors
Index