2. At what swank resort outside of Santa Fe, New Mexico, did the negotiation of the Colorado River Compact take place?
(a) Desert Oasis Hotel and Spa.
(b) Mesa Verde Lodge.
(c) Thirty Palms Resort.
(d) Bishop’s Lodge.

3. Which Texas historian wrote an article for Harper’s entitled “The American West, Perpetual Mirage”?
(a) Lloyd Tevis.
(b) Cordell Hull.
(c) Walter Prescott Webb.
(d) Harry Morrison.

4. Harry Morrison and Morris Knudsen, two engineers formerly with the Bureau of Reclamation, went into business together where, according to the author in Chapter Four?
(a) Miami, Florida.
(b) Chicago, Illinois.
(c) Boise, Idaho.
(d) Fargo, North Dakota.

5. For what organization was Marc Reisner a staff writer from 1972 to 1979?
(a) The Natural Resources Defense Council.
(b) The Sierra Club.
(c) The Nature Conservancy.
(d) The World Wildlife Fund.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in the Introduction, “Modern Utah, where large-scale irrigation has been going on longer than anywhere else,” has what percent of its land area under cultivation?

2. From whom did Harrison Gray Otis purchase the Santa Barbara Press?

3. William Mulholland’s father held what profession?

4. In 1848, what was the population of San Francisco?

5. What is the title of the book’s Introduction?

(see the answer key)

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