Second Interview with Walter Daniel "Bud" Bradbury

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Walter Bradbury talks about the history of water resources development in the Kannah Creek area of Mesa County, Colorado. He speaks about the development of ditches between 1881 and 1908. He describes the creation of reservoirs on the Grand Mesa, beginning in 1887, by the Grand Mesa Reservoir Company and others. Reservoirs he discusses include Grand Mesa #1, Grand Mesa #6, Grand Mesa #8, Grand Mesa #9, Anderson #1, Anderson #2, Flowing Park Reservoir, and Purdy Reservoir. He addresses equipment and methods used in ditch and reservoir construction, and the effect of reservoir construction on stream flows. He discusses the City of Grand Junction’s water projects built on Kannah Creek in the 1910’s and their effect on local farmers and ranchers. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado. *Photograph from the 1936 Grand Junction High School yearbook

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Title: Second Interview with Walter Daniel "Bud" Bradbury
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Subject: Mesa County (Colo.) -- History, Water resources development -- Colorado, Water rights -- West (U.S.), Water supply, Agricultural, Irrigation -- Colorado, Reservoirs -- Colorado, Frontier and pioneer life -- Colorado, Grand Mesa (Colo.), United States. Forest Service, Log cabins, Grand Junction (Colo.) -- History
Description: Walter Bradbury talks about the history of water resources development in the Kannah Creek area of Mesa County, Colorado. He speaks about the development of ditches between 1881 and 1908. He describes the creation of reservoirs on the Grand Mesa, beginning in 1887, by the Grand Mesa Reservoir Company and others. Reservoirs he discusses include Grand Mesa #1, Grand Mesa #6, Grand Mesa #8, Grand Mesa #9, Anderson #1, Anderson #2, Flowing Park Reservoir, and Purdy Reservoir. He addresses equipment and methods used in ditch and reservoir construction, and the effect of reservoir construction on stream flows. He discusses the City of Grand Junction’s water projects built on Kannah Creek in the 1910’s and their effect on local farmers and ranchers. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado. *Photograph from the 1936 Grand Junction High School yearbook
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Date: February 18, 1984-, October 11, 2024
Type: Voice Recording
Format: 1 MP3 audio file (1:00:52) digitized from source material (Interview 724: Audiocassette 1); +1 transcript.
Identifier: mesa:2112, : OH 724 Bradbury, Walter Daniel (Bud)
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Language: English
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Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC-EDU/1.0/?language=enlocalorganization:2Mesa County LibrariesThis item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). For rights management and/or licensing questions, please see http://www.copyright.gov/title17/ or http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/copyright-law Other inquiries may be sent to the Lloyd Files Research Library at the Museums of Western Colorado: https://museumofwesternco.com/contact/ Or Mesa County Libraries: https://mesacountylibraries.org/aboutus/contact/Englishorganization:1040Museums of Western Colorado

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Second Interview with Walter Daniel "Bud" Bradbury

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