Report on the lands of the arid region of the United States, with a more detailed account of the lands of Utah
John Wesley Powell; Willis Drummond; Clarence E. Dutton; Grove Karl Gilbert; A. H. Thompson
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  • Dakota, Precipitation of, [51]
  • Denver Pacific Railroad Company, Land grants to the, [179]
  • Desert drainage area, [94]
  • Orographic structure of the, [95]
  • Des Moines River, Land grant in aid of the improvement of the, [171]
  • Distribution of rain throughout the year, [50]
  • District, Great Salt Lake. (See [Great Salt Lake District].)
  • Sevier Lake. (See [Sevier Lake District].)
  • Division lines of pasturage farms, [22], [28], [37]
  • of land by settlers, [38]
  • Drainage area, Colorado, [94]
  • Desert, [94]
  • Modification of the conditions of, [73]
  • of the Tavaputs Plateau, [96]
  • Uinta Mountains, [96]
  • Wasatch Mountains, [96]
  • Utah, [94]
  • Drummond, Willis, jr., on land grants in aid of internal improvements, [164]
  • Dry farming, [50], [78]
  • Duchesne River, Volume of flow of the, [160]
  • Dutton, Capt. C. E., cited, [110]
  • on the irrigable land of the Sevier Basin, [128]
  • East Florida Railroad Company, Land grant to the, [169]
  • Egg Island, [67]
  • Engelmann, Mr., [102]
  • Erocoma cuspidata, [108]
  • Escalante River, Irrigable lands of the, [156]
  • Volume of flow of the, [156]
  • Eurotia lanata, [110]
  • Evaporation by spreading of water, [74]
  • Farmington pillar, [61]
  • Farming without irrigation, [77]
  • Farm residences, Grouping of, [22]
  • unit for pasturage lands, [21], [28]
  • Fencing of pasturage lands, [23]
  • Fires in the timber region, [15], [99]
  • Cause of, [17], [99]
  • Protection from, [18], [99]
  • Flood-plain lands, [88]
  • Forests, Amount of rainfall necessary to the growth of, [15]
  • Fox, Mr. Jesse W., [61], [113]
  • Fraxinus anomala, [103]
  • coriacea, [103]
  • Fremont Island, [62], [67]
  • River, Irrigable lands of the, [157]
  • Tributaries of the, [157]
  • Volume of flow of the, [157], [158]
  • Gilbert, G. K., cited, [84], [110]
  • on irrigable land of the Salt Lake drainage system, [113]
  • on water supply, [57]
  • Government right to use of subsidized railroads, [181]
  • Grand River, Irrigable lands of the, [163]
  • Volume of flow of the, [163]
  • Grasses of the pasturage lands, [19]
  • Utah, [107]
  • Great Salt Lake, Accumulation of the water in, [58]
  • Area of, [66], [73]
  • Basin (See [Great Salt Lake District])
  • Causes of abnormal change of, [67]
  • Desert, [66]
  • Diagram showing rise and fall of, [64]
  • District, [94]
  • Amount of irrigable land in the, [107]
  • Change in the climate of the, [68], [70]
  • Description of the, [107]
  • Irrigable lands of the, [113]
  • Fluctuations in the rainfall of the, [70]
  • Irrigation by large streams in the, [117]
  • small streams in the, [126]
  • Evaporation of the water of, [58], [72]
  • History of the past changes of, [62]
  • Increase and decrease of the size of, [58]
  • Islands of, [62]
  • Limited oscillation of, [59]
  • Limit of wave action of, [65]
  • Record of height of, [60]
  • Rise and fall of, [59]
  • Storm lines of, [65]
  • Streams flowing into, [72]
  • Green River, Irrigable lands of the, [162]
  • Volume of flow of the, [162]
  • Gunnison, Captain, [98]
  • Valley, [105]
  • Irrigable lands of the, [163]
  • Hayden, Dr. F. V., [71]
  • Henry Mountains, [105]
  • Prof. Joseph, [46], [59], [62], [79]
  • Henrys Fork, Irrigable lands of, [161]
  • Illinois, Land grants to, [168], [172]
  • Increase in water supply in the Arid Region, [57], [89], [91]
  • of rainfall, [69], [91]
  • Indiana, Land grants to, [166], [167]
  • Internal improvements, Land grants in aid of, [165]
  • Iowa, Land grants to, [169], [179]
  • Irrigable and pasturage lands of Utah, [104]
  • areas, Increase of, by storage of water, [12], [13]
  • land, Area of, sometimes not limited by water supply, [85], [86]
  • Extent of, increased by the use of springs, [9]
  • in Utah, Amount of, [9]
  • lands, [23]
  • Amount of water required for, [84]
  • Disposal of, [27]
  • highly productive, [10]
  • Important questions relating to, [81]
  • Increase in the extent of the, [57]
  • in Utah Territory, Table of, [111]
  • of Southwestern Utah, [148]
  • of the Colorado Basin, [150]
  • Table of, [164]
  • Great Salt Lake District, [113]
  • Sevier Lake District, [134]
  • valley of the Sevier River, [128]
  • Irrigable lands of the, Virgin River, [153]
  • of Utah, Distribution of the, [9]
  • Selection of, [87]
  • Situation of the, [6]
  • Irrigating canals, Cost of, [125]
  • methods, Improvement in, [8]
  • season, [85]
  • Irrigation, Advantages of, [10]
  • Amount of water needed for, [114]
  • used in, [141]
  • companies, [40]
  • Coöperative labor necessary to the development of, [11]
  • Direct influence of, upon the inflow of Great Salt Lake, [75]
  • Indirect influence of, upon the inflow of Great Salt Lake, [76]
  • of pasturage farms, [21]
  • Quantitative value of water used in, [81]
  • Unit of water used in, [81]
  • Isohyetal line of twenty inches, [2]
  • Jordan River, [121]
  • drainage basin, Agricultural resources of the, [124]
  • Area of the, [125]
  • Mean flow of the, [72]
  • Juncus Balticus, [109]
  • Juniperus Californicus, [103]
  • Virginiana, [103]
  • Kanab Creek, Irrigable lands of, [154]
  • Ponding of, [154]
  • Kansas, Land grants to, [178], [179]
  • Pacific Railroad Company, Land grants to the, [177]
  • Kimball, Mr. Heber P., [61]
  • King, Mr. Clarence, [66]
  • Lake Bonneville, [96]
  • Utah, Function of, as a reservoir, [123]
  • Land grants in aid of internal improvements, [165]
  • Lands, Classification of, [43]
  • Irrigable. (See [Irrigable Lands].)
  • of Utah, [93]
  • and Idaho fertilized by water, [75]
  • Physical features of the, [93]
  • Pasturage. (See [Pasturage Lands].)
  • Land system needed for the Arid Region, [25]
  • Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston Railroad Company, Land grants to the, [178]
  • Lower Columbia Region, [1]
  • Precipitation of the, [49]
  • Marshes, Drainage of, [74]
  • Evaporation from, [74]
  • Martineau, Mr. J. H., [113]
  • Mean temperature by seasons for the San Francisco Region, [54]
  • Method of determining the supply of water, [85], [86]
  • Michigan, Land grants to, [179]
  • Miller, Mr. Jacob, [61], [62]
  • Mineral lands, [44]
  • Disposal of, [44]
  • not suited to agriculture, [44]
  • Minnie Maud Creek, Irrigable lands of, [160]
  • Volume of flow of, [160]
  • Minnesota and Northwestern Railroad Company, [176]
  • Land grants to the, [174], [179]
  • Mississippi Valley, Flow of the rivers of the, [76]
  • Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad Company, Land grants to the, [178]
  • Land grants to, [179]
  • Mitchell, Mr. John T., [59]
  • Monopoly of pasturage farms, [22]
  • Mountains, Henry, [105]
  • Uinta. (See [Uinta Mountains].)
  • Wasatch. (See [Wasatch Mountains].)