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Western Land and Irrigation Company Report

 Collection
Identifier: WCMss-313

Scope and Contents

The Western Land and Irrigation Company Report contains a ledger with a report concerning the business of the Western Land and Irrigation Company. This collection, dated 1908, consists of a bound typewritten report, "The Complete Report upon the Properties, Business and Personnel of the Western Land and Irrigation Co. of Pendleton, Umatilla Co., Oregon.” The report includes information on the company founders, copies of its articles of incorporation, descriptions of its lands, water supply, and water rights, testimonials, and other reports on soil quality and agricultural production in Umatilla County, Oregon. The report also includes detailed maps of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company, the upper northwest states, Umatilla’s water infrastructure, and the western U.S. Burlington Route railway system. Additionally, there is a pamphlet for “The Furnish Irrigation Project” complete with illustrations of the land, maps and captions, and a blueprint chart depicting the water supply from the Umatilla River from 1897 to 1905. The report provides insight into the language surrounding land and water use at the turn of the twentieth century.

Dates

  • 1908

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Extent

1.5 Linear Feet (1 flat box)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The Western Land and Irrigation Company Report contains a bound typewritten report, "The Complete Report upon the Properties, Business and Personnel of the Western Land and Irrigation Co. of Pendleton, Umatilla Co., Oregon" dated 1908. This report includes information on the company founders, copies of its articles of incorporation, descriptions of its lands, water supply, and water rights through maps, documents and a pamphlet, and other reports on soil quality and agricultural production in Umatilla County, Oregon.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Materials found in the collection; provenance is unknown.

Title
Guide to the Western Land and Irrigation Company Report
Author
Updated by Rayana Weller
Date
2012, 2019
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Repository Details

Part of the Whitman College and Northwest Archives Repository

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