Man at Canyon County Ranch Awaiting Irrigation Water 1941

A man stands at a desert ranch in Canyon County Idaho awaiting irrigation water from the Black Canyon irrigation project. In May 1941 he invested about three thousand dollars in buildings and prepared to begin farming. This image captures a pivotal moment in agricultural development during the pre-war era in the American West.

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