Report on the lands of the arid region of the United States

By Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region (U.S.)

Subjects: Irrigation, Public lands, Arid regions, Rain and rainfall

Description: Major Powell's famous 1878 report to the Secretary of the Interior outlines the features of the West's arid regions, and warns against the consequences of trying to impose on a dry country the habits formed in a wet one.