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Montserrat Recreation Demonstration Area, Entrance Portal, Route 132, North Entrance, Knob Noster, Johnson County, MO

Montserrat Recreation Demonstration Area, Entrance Portal, Route 132, ...

Public domain image - Environmental protection federal program, the 1970s, color photographs, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Wickiup Dam, Deschutes River, La Pine, Deschutes County, OR

Wickiup Dam, Deschutes River, La Pine, Deschutes County, OR

Significance: Wickiup Dam and its related features are significant at the state level for their association with the development of the irrigated agricultural economy that strongly influenced the historic devel... More

Wickiup Dam, Deschutes River, La Pine, Deschutes County, OR

Wickiup Dam, Deschutes River, La Pine, Deschutes County, OR

Significance: Wickiup Dam and its related features are significant at the state level for their association with the development of the irrigated agricultural economy that strongly influenced the historic devel... More

Wickiup Dam, Deschutes River, La Pine, Deschutes County, OR

Wickiup Dam, Deschutes River, La Pine, Deschutes County, OR

Significance: Wickiup Dam and its related features are significant at the state level for their association with the development of the irrigated agricultural economy that strongly influenced the historic devel... More

Wickiup Dam, Deschutes River, La Pine, Deschutes County, OR

Wickiup Dam, Deschutes River, La Pine, Deschutes County, OR

Significance: Wickiup Dam and its related features are significant at the state level for their association with the development of the irrigated agricultural economy that strongly influenced the historic devel... More

Facing the scars of war - Egypt

Facing the scars of war - Egypt

Photograph shows Indo-Chinese labor groups reclaiming French land from trench warfare by filling in a line of trenches. They work near remaining "chevaux-de-frise". Caption label from exhibit "World War I ...":... More

Wickiup Dam, Deschutes River, La Pine, Deschutes County, OR

Wickiup Dam, Deschutes River, La Pine, Deschutes County, OR

Significance: Wickiup Dam and its related features are significant at the state level for their association with the development of the irrigated agricultural economy that strongly influenced the historic devel... More

Wickiup Dam, Deschutes River, La Pine, Deschutes County, OR

Wickiup Dam, Deschutes River, La Pine, Deschutes County, OR

Significance: Wickiup Dam and its related features are significant at the state level for their association with the development of the irrigated agricultural economy that strongly influenced the historic devel... More

Wickiup Dam, Deschutes River, La Pine, Deschutes County, OR

Wickiup Dam, Deschutes River, La Pine, Deschutes County, OR

Significance: Wickiup Dam and its related features are significant at the state level for their association with the development of the irrigated agricultural economy that strongly influenced the historic devel... More

[Gasoline plow & gasoline road machine working on reclaimed prairie]

[Gasoline plow & gasoline road machine working on reclaimed prairie]

J172361 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; H. J. Harvey; August 19, 1912. Stamped on verso: "Photographs from H.J. Harvey, 204 Camp Street, New Orleans, La." Title derived from copyright deposit records.

Scenes of Roosevelt Dam /  - movie film screenshot

Scenes of Roosevelt Dam / - movie film screenshot

Panoramic views of the Roosevelt Dam on the Salt River in Arizona: shots include rocky hill above dam, water rushing through portions of dam, and a car being driven on road across dam. Since a flag waves from b... More

Montserrat Recreation Demonstration Area, Entrance Portal, Route 132, North Entrance, Knob Noster, Johnson County, MO

Montserrat Recreation Demonstration Area, Entrance Portal, Route 132, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Wickiup Dam, Deschutes River, La Pine, Deschutes County, OR

Wickiup Dam, Deschutes River, La Pine, Deschutes County, OR

Significance: Wickiup Dam and its related features are significant at the state level for their association with the development of the irrigated agricultural economy that strongly influenced the historic devel... More

Montserrat Recreation Demonstration Area, Retaining Walls, Route 132 South of McPherson Street, North Entrance to Park, Knob Noster, Johnson County, MO

Montserrat Recreation Demonstration Area, Retaining Walls, Route 132 S...

Significance: Built by workers of the Work Projects Administration in 1939, the stone retaining walls, built to control soil erosion, reflect the larger objectives of conservation and reclamation in the develop... More

Wickiup Dam, Deschutes River, La Pine, Deschutes County, OR

Wickiup Dam, Deschutes River, La Pine, Deschutes County, OR

Significance: Wickiup Dam and its related features are significant at the state level for their association with the development of the irrigated agricultural economy that strongly influenced the historic devel... More

Wickiup Dam, Deschutes River, La Pine, Deschutes County, OR

Wickiup Dam, Deschutes River, La Pine, Deschutes County, OR

Significance: Wickiup Dam and its related features are significant at the state level for their association with the development of the irrigated agricultural economy that strongly influenced the historic devel... More

Wickiup Dam, Deschutes River, La Pine, Deschutes County, OR

Wickiup Dam, Deschutes River, La Pine, Deschutes County, OR

Significance: Wickiup Dam and its related features are significant at the state level for their association with the development of the irrigated agricultural economy that strongly influenced the historic devel... More

Wickiup Dam, Deschutes River, La Pine, Deschutes County, OR

Wickiup Dam, Deschutes River, La Pine, Deschutes County, OR

Significance: Wickiup Dam and its related features are significant at the state level for their association with the development of the irrigated agricultural economy that strongly influenced the historic devel... More

Montserrat Recreation Demonstration Area, Retaining Walls, Route 132 South of McPherson Street, North Entrance to Park, Knob Noster, Johnson County, MO

Montserrat Recreation Demonstration Area, Retaining Walls, Route 132 S...

Significance: Built by workers of the Work Projects Administration in 1939, the stone retaining walls, built to control soil erosion, reflect the larger objectives of conservation and reclamation in the develop... More

Wickiup Dam, Deschutes River, La Pine, Deschutes County, OR

Wickiup Dam, Deschutes River, La Pine, Deschutes County, OR

Significance: Wickiup Dam and its related features are significant at the state level for their association with the development of the irrigated agricultural economy that strongly influenced the historic devel... More

Wickiup Dam, Deschutes River, La Pine, Deschutes County, OR

Wickiup Dam, Deschutes River, La Pine, Deschutes County, OR

Significance: Wickiup Dam and its related features are significant at the state level for their association with the development of the irrigated agricultural economy that strongly influenced the historic devel... More

TR speaking at the dedication of Roosevelt Dam, 1911 /

TR speaking at the dedication of Roosevelt Dam, 1911 /

On March 18, 1911, TR spoke at the dedication of the Roosevelt Dam. Providing irrigation for the Salt River Valley area of the territory of Arizona, the dam is largely the result of TR's reclamation efforts whi... More

Montserrat Recreation Demonstration Area, Entrance Portal, Route 132, North Entrance, Knob Noster, Johnson County, MO

Montserrat Recreation Demonstration Area, Entrance Portal, Route 132, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Montserrat Recreation Demonstration Area, Entrance Portal, Route 132, North Entrance, Knob Noster, Johnson County, MO

Montserrat Recreation Demonstration Area, Entrance Portal, Route 132, ...

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wickiup Dam, Deschutes River, La Pine, Deschutes County, OR

Wickiup Dam, Deschutes River, La Pine, Deschutes County, OR

Significance: Wickiup Dam and its related features are significant at the state level for their association with the development of the irrigated agricultural economy that strongly influenced the historic devel... More

Wickiup Dam, Deschutes River, La Pine, Deschutes County, OR

Wickiup Dam, Deschutes River, La Pine, Deschutes County, OR

Significance: Wickiup Dam and its related features are significant at the state level for their association with the development of the irrigated agricultural economy that strongly influenced the historic devel... More

Wickiup Dam, Deschutes River, La Pine, Deschutes County, OR

Wickiup Dam, Deschutes River, La Pine, Deschutes County, OR

Significance: Wickiup Dam and its related features are significant at the state level for their association with the development of the irrigated agricultural economy that strongly influenced the historic devel... More

Wickiup Dam, Deschutes River, La Pine, Deschutes County, OR

Wickiup Dam, Deschutes River, La Pine, Deschutes County, OR

Significance: Wickiup Dam and its related features are significant at the state level for their association with the development of the irrigated agricultural economy that strongly influenced the historic devel... More

Montserrat Recreation Demonstration Area, Retaining Walls, Route 132 South of McPherson Street, North Entrance to Park, Knob Noster, Johnson County, MO

Montserrat Recreation Demonstration Area, Retaining Walls, Route 132 S...

Significance: Built by workers of the Work Projects Administration in 1939, the stone retaining walls, built to control soil erosion, reflect the larger objectives of conservation and reclamation in the develop... More

Wickiup Dam, Deschutes River, La Pine, Deschutes County, OR

Wickiup Dam, Deschutes River, La Pine, Deschutes County, OR

Significance: Wickiup Dam and its related features are significant at the state level for their association with the development of the irrigated agricultural economy that strongly influenced the historic devel... More

Montserrat Recreation Demonstration Area, Retaining Walls, Route 132 South of McPherson Street, North Entrance to Park, Knob Noster, Johnson County, MO

Montserrat Recreation Demonstration Area, Retaining Walls, Route 132 S...

Significance: Built by workers of the Work Projects Administration in 1939, the stone retaining walls, built to control soil erosion, reflect the larger objectives of conservation and reclamation in the develop... More

Montserrat Recreation Demonstration Area, Route 132 South of McPherson Street, Knob Noster, Johnson County, MO

Montserrat Recreation Demonstration Area, Route 132 South of McPherson...

Significance: The Montserrat Recreational Demonstration Area served as a model land reclamation project. It was designed and built by participants in the Work Projects Administration (WPA) and the Civilian Con... More

Wickiup Dam, Deschutes River, La Pine, Deschutes County, OR

Wickiup Dam, Deschutes River, La Pine, Deschutes County, OR

Significance: Wickiup Dam and its related features are significant at the state level for their association with the development of the irrigated agricultural economy that strongly influenced the historic devel... More

Wickiup Dam, Deschutes River, La Pine, Deschutes County, OR

Wickiup Dam, Deschutes River, La Pine, Deschutes County, OR

Significance: Wickiup Dam and its related features are significant at the state level for their association with the development of the irrigated agricultural economy that strongly influenced the historic devel... More

Montserrat Recreation Demonstration Area, Retaining Walls, Route 132 South of McPherson Street, North Entrance to Park, Knob Noster, Johnson County, MO

Montserrat Recreation Demonstration Area, Retaining Walls, Route 132 S...

Significance: Built by workers of the Work Projects Administration in 1939, the stone retaining walls, built to control soil erosion, reflect the larger objectives of conservation and reclamation in the develop... More

[Gasoline plow & gasoline road machine working on reclaimed prairie]

[Gasoline plow & gasoline road machine working on reclaimed prairie]

J172361 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; H. J. Harvey; August 19, 1912. Stamped on verso: "Photographs from H.J. Harvey, 204 Camp Street, New Orleans, La." Title derived from copyright deposit records.

Map of Washington and Georgetown : to accompany report on filling the old canal.

Map of Washington and Georgetown : to accompany report on filling the ...

Shows proposed infilling of the bed of James Creek Canal. Also shows block numbers, major buildings, and radial distances from Capitol. Covers entire area within old city limits (Florida Av.). At lower left: Ap... More

Tarrant County, Trinity River, Fort Worth sheet /

Tarrant County, Trinity River, Fort Worth sheet /

Does not cover all of Tarrant County. Relief shown by contours. Depths shown by soundings. Selected buildings shown pictorially. Shows boundary lines and points of interest in Trinity River region. In upper lef... More

The Roosevelt Dam [1] / - Public domain portrait print

The Roosevelt Dam [1] / - Public domain portrait print

Film depicts TR's commitment to the reclamation of desert land and his belief that natural resources exist for the public benefit. Included are close-up views of Frederick H. Newell, first director of the U.S. ... More

Wickiup Dam, Deschutes River, La Pine, Deschutes County, OR

Wickiup Dam, Deschutes River, La Pine, Deschutes County, OR

Significance: Wickiup Dam and its related features are significant at the state level for their association with the development of the irrigated agricultural economy that strongly influenced the historic devel... More

[Gasoline plow & gasoline road machine working on reclaimed prairie]

[Gasoline plow & gasoline road machine working on reclaimed prairie]

J172361 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; H. J. Harvey; August 19, 1912. Stamped on verso: "Photographs from H.J. Harvey, 204 Camp Street, New Orleans, La." Title derived from copyright deposit records.

Facing the scars of war - Egypt

Facing the scars of war - Egypt

Photograph shows Indo-Chinese labor groups reclaiming French land from trench warfare by filling in a line of trenches. They work near remaining "chevaux-de-frise". Caption label from exhibit "World War I ...":... More

Wickiup Dam, Deschutes River, La Pine, Deschutes County, OR

Wickiup Dam, Deschutes River, La Pine, Deschutes County, OR

Significance: Wickiup Dam and its related features are significant at the state level for their association with the development of the irrigated agricultural economy that strongly influenced the historic devel... More

Land reclamation and irrigation in Malheur County, Oregon

Land reclamation and irrigation in Malheur County, Oregon

Caption information for Dorothea Lange photographs. Describes the Vale-Owyhee projects in Malheur County, Oregon. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divi... More

[Map showing reclamation of Potomac River estuary at Washington D.C. to form harbor and the Potomac parks].

[Map showing reclamation of Potomac River estuary at Washington D.C. t...

Depths shown by soundings and contours. Oriented with north toward the upper left. LC copy fold-lined and mounted on cloth backing. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP

Montserrat Recreation Demonstration Area, Entrance Portal, Route 132, North Entrance, Knob Noster, Johnson County, MO

Montserrat Recreation Demonstration Area, Entrance Portal, Route 132, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, park architecture, outdoors, romantic atmospheric landscape, cemetery, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Potomac River at Washington D.C., plan showing how reclaimed area may be utilized /

Potomac River at Washington D.C., plan showing how reclaimed area may ...

Shows dredged and reclaimed areas with proposed roads and plantings for the Potomac parks. Depths shown by soundings. Oriented with north toward the upper left. Includes text, 3 cross-sections, statistical tabl... More

Montserrat Recreation Demonstration Area, Entrance Portal, Route 132, North Entrance, Knob Noster, Johnson County, MO

Montserrat Recreation Demonstration Area, Entrance Portal, Route 132, ...

Public domain image - Environmental protection federal program, the 1970s, color photographs, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Montserrat Recreation Demonstration Area, Entrance Portal, Route 132, North Entrance, Knob Noster, Johnson County, MO

Montserrat Recreation Demonstration Area, Entrance Portal, Route 132, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Topographical map of the District of Columbia : showing location of the work in progress for harbor improvement and for the tunnel and reservoir for "increasing the water supply of Washington" together with the proposed site for the Rock Creek reservoir and national park.

Topographical map of the District of Columbia : showing location of th...

Relief shown by contours. Depths shown by contours and soundings. Oriented with north toward the upper left. Includes 3 cross-sections and frontal view of proposed dam on Rock Creek. LC copy 1 fold-lined, torn,... More

Topographical map of the District of Columbia : showing location of the work in progress for harbor improvement and for the tunnel and reservoir for "increasing the water supply of Washington" together with the proposed site for the Rock Creek reservoir and national park.

Topographical map of the District of Columbia : showing location of th...

Relief shown by contours. Depths shown by contours and soundings. Oriented with north toward the upper left. Includes 3 cross-sections and frontal view of proposed dam on Rock Creek. LC copy 1 fold-lined, torn,... More

Montserrat Recreation Demonstration Area, Route 132 South of McPherson Street, Knob Noster, Johnson County, MO

Montserrat Recreation Demonstration Area, Route 132 South of McPherson...

Significance: The Montserrat Recreational Demonstration Area served as a model land reclamation project. It was designed and built by participants in the Work Projects Administration (WPA) and the Civilian Con... More

Land reclamation and irrigation in Malheur County, Oregon

Land reclamation and irrigation in Malheur County, Oregon

Caption information for Dorothea Lange photographs. Describes the Vale-Owyhee projects in Malheur County, Oregon. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divi... More

Montserrat Recreation Demonstration Area, Route 132 South of McPherson Street, Knob Noster, Johnson County, MO

Montserrat Recreation Demonstration Area, Route 132 South of McPherson...

Significance: The Montserrat Recreational Demonstration Area served as a model land reclamation project. It was designed and built by participants in the Work Projects Administration (WPA) and the Civilian Con... More

Proposed improvement of James Creek Canal /

Proposed improvement of James Creek Canal /

Relief shown by contours and hachures. Depths shown by soundings and contours. Base map title: Washington and Georgetown harbors, District of Columbia : 1882 / issued July 1882 J.E. Hilgard, superintendent. Tit... More

Map of Anacostia River in the District of Columbia and Maryland /

Map of Anacostia River in the District of Columbia and Maryland /

Depths shown by contours and soundings. "Area to be filled shaded in red." Oriented with north toward the upper right. "To accompany report of Oct. 24, 1891, Peter C. Hains, Lieut. Colonel of Engineers." Availa... More

Montserrat Recreation Demonstration Area, Entrance Portal, Route 132, North Entrance, Knob Noster, Johnson County, MO

Montserrat Recreation Demonstration Area, Entrance Portal, Route 132, ...

Public domain image - Environmental protection federal program, the 1970s, color photographs, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Montserrat Recreation Demonstration Area, Entrance Portal, Route 132, North Entrance, Knob Noster, Johnson County, MO

Montserrat Recreation Demonstration Area, Entrance Portal, Route 132, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Montserrat Recreation Demonstration Area, Entrance Portal, Route 132, North Entrance, Knob Noster, Johnson County, MO

Montserrat Recreation Demonstration Area, Entrance Portal, Route 132, ...

Public domain image - Environmental protection federal program, the 1970s, color photographs, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Wickiup Dam, Deschutes River, La Pine, Deschutes County, OR

Wickiup Dam, Deschutes River, La Pine, Deschutes County, OR

Significance: Wickiup Dam and its related features are significant at the state level for their association with the development of the irrigated agricultural economy that strongly influenced the historic devel... More

Potomac River at Washington, D.C., map showing progress of work : June 30, 1890 /

Potomac River at Washington, D.C., map showing progress of work : June...

Shows dredged and reclaimed Potomac park areas. Depths shown by soundings and contours. Oriented with north toward the upper left. LC copy mounted on cloth backing. Available also through the Library of Congres... More