In the beginning, Yuma was a small town that had nothing but a desert and was known as the Wild West. However, Yuma underwent many historical events in the past making the Yuma we have today. The Yuma Project was one of the major events that changed Yuma, it introduced the plan to irrigate millions of acres around the world with irrigation projects. Irrigation projects would be constructed using government money, but they would not come cheap. Throughout the years, the developers of Yuma had to overcome many challenging floods but with the help of technology, Yuma was able to overcome these challenges and flourish. There were many ways Yuma Arizona was changed by irrigation, without irrigation we wouldn't be able to grow crops, and sustain …show more content…
The colorado river was a big help to irrigation, but often gave problems, the river frequently welled to a current that swept over its banks and flooded land for miles making difficult for irrigators to function. When floods occurred the sediment-laden river clogged the water canals and the Diversion headworks. This would cause the water maintenance and the delivery of water to have problems making it difficult for irrigation to function properly. The heavy floods would often leave a disaster, damaging the head works, buildings, and levees. Building new ones or even repairing them would often cost a lot of money. Low floods were also a challenge Yuma had to face, these low floods would cause many difficulties for irrigation water and land. Without irrigation water,crops would instantly wither and die, so water diversions had to be made. In 1904 a flood happens leaving four miles of the canal filled with silt. When the flood retreated the silt left on the canal caused a problem and which not enough water couldn't go through the diversion works for irrigation and this needed to be fixed. So the bypass channel dredged to get all the silt out and get the diversion works running …show more content…
Technology in these days was known as canals, steamboats, telegraph, damps and irrigators were all known as technology, and they were used to improve agricultural in Yuma .lots of technology was used in order to get irrigation water to thousands of countries. In order to transport water to thousands of countries, lots of canals and irrigation pipes had to be constructed in order to deliver the water from the colorado river to the canals. The irrigation tubes would then take water from the canals that were constructed and irrigate the acres. Technology also had a huge impact on agriculture in Yuma because many of these new technologies presented new methods of applying water to crops. Farmers were able to irrigate crops using different kinds of methods, these methods farmers used was able to use help increase crop production. The new methods were called drip, and sprinkler irrigation. Subbing up a field with water was replaced with the new sprinkler method because the sprinkler method was more efficient than the other method. The sprinkler method was more effective because it helps the seeds germinate in heat and helped produce crops faster. The replacement of the sprinkler method resulted in less water being required for the establishment of crops. Another way technology had an impact on the success of agriculture in yuma was the creation of the steamboat.The invention of the
The Effects of the Yuma Project and other Purchases Projects such as the Yuma project, greatly influenced the everyday life of citizens around the yuma and imperial areas. Considering improvements in irrigation greatly helped with funding for the entire area as well as allowing for farmers to water their crops more easily. But it would also make trading goods through riverways a lot more harder or not possible at all. As well as although the different projects leveled a lot of land for irrigation to be set. Irrigation changed the south western part of Arizona by the way of increasing our knowledge for agriculture which would help grow our crops in which would return with a massive surplus of funding .
Ancient Civilizations Egypt, Mesopotamia, and India are some of the early civilizations, that helped to shape the world as we know it. Each ancient civilization had many contributions to society. Some would include irrigation, grid like house system, and written languages. Ancient Egypt is one of the most common ancient civilizations. We all know them for the pyramid but that 's not all that they achieved.
Irrigation was a huge impact in yuma it even changed some living lifestyles and was good for the city because it brought so many profits into yuma and helped yuma grow in many ways. Irrigation is the replacement or supplementation of rainwater with another source of water Irrigation was even used way back but that doesn't matter because what matter is the irrigation in Yuma county and the history of it. How did geography impact the development of irrigation in Yuma County It impacted the development by basically forcing people to find new ways to bring water into Yuma. Like the siphon that brought water from California to Arizona.
Mesa Verde is a National Park in Montezuma County, Colorado that notably preserves the largest amount of ancient Puebloan artifacts and cave dwellings. It is home to a structure called The Cliff Palace which is the largest cliff dwelling in all of North America. Mesa Verde 's canyons were created by streams that slowly eroded the dense sandstone that covers the area. Mesa Verde National Park elevations ranging from about 6,000 to 8,572 feet, the highest elevation at “Park Point.” The terrain in the park is now a transition zone between the low desert plateaus and the Rocky Mountains.
The Dust Bowl negatively affected people in an economic way. How Drought played a big role in The Dust Bowl “ Federal aid to the drought-affected states was first given in 1932, but the first funds marked specifically for drought relief were not released until the fall of 1933. In all, assistance may have reached $1 billion (in 1930s dollars) by the end of the drought (Warrick et al., 1980). “ ( Source - http://drought.unl.edu/DroughtBasics/DustBowl/EconomicsoftheDustBowl.aspx )
The Panama Canal also greatly benefited western cities. Many Americans were interested in the west and what it had to offer. By 1802, California was colonized and the California gold rush of 1849 soon followed. By 1900 and 1910, there was a huge increase in population on the west coast of California by over sixty percent.
Throughout the 1840’s and 1890’s the natural environment shaped the development of the West beyond the Mississippi like, where the best and worst settlement would be in the West, how there was a struggle for the expansion that the settlers of the West were pushing for and, how aspects like cattle and mining would influence the settlers. There were many environmental changes, as well as expansion in the West, and the increase in knowledge and development in industry, that were occurring, and causing the development of the West beyond the Mississippi to be impacted along with the lives of those who lived their.
On the other hand, as the story of Ceremony progresses, Tayo’s Native American cultural background affects his morality. In the beginning, during a conversation Tayo has with his uncle Josiah, the book states, He pointed his chin at the springs and around at the narrow canyon. “This is where we come from, see. This sand, this stone, these trees, the vines, all the wildflowers. This earth keeps us going.”
During the period 1865-1900, American agriculture changed significantly by many things. However, many technological innovations and government policies that were appearing during the late 1800’s made the agricultural aspect of America change drastically, many technological innovations, such as inventions that limited farmers workload, and government policies, that had farmers riled, had made a wedge in between the stable agricultural economy. Therefore, technology and policies had a bigger impact on the economic conditions farmers had to face, causing many changes to the American agriculture during the 1800’s. During the years, many technological advances proved to have a negative impact for farmers specializing in agriculture; one being the
Many civilizations had to deal with harsh environments while others had a very good environment. Some civilizations had to deal with deserts, mountains, rain forests, and areas with too much rain. Other civilizations had a very good settlement area such as river banks and the Mesopotamia. Tribes such as the Cherokee and the Mound Builders were in a very good geological environment. A Tribe known as the Apache didn 't live in a great area for farming but had other benefits like trading.
The Dust Bowl "The Dust Bowl drought of the 1930s was one of the worst environmental disasters of the Twentieth Century anywhere in the world" (Cook). The Dust Bowl had a huge impact on the people of New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and the rest of the great plains, and the families living there, including my family. My great grandmother was a teenager during the Dust Bowl, she would often share of her experience and what happened during that time. She told us so we would continue her legacy, and the stories of the Dust Bowl, and the sickness and the hardship of the farming families, and how America pulled out of this disaster. Because the government had sold all this land to farmers they were all planting and turning and working the
Americans were able to make thousands of dollars off of gold and immagrants and foreigners from all over the world came to California. Citizens became richer and all different cultures learned to
The Historical Significance of the Dust Bowl In one of the most fertile places in the United States, one of the nation's worst disasters occurred, the Dust Bowl. It began when an area in the Midwest was severely affected by an intense drought throughout the 1930s or what proceeded to be called the Dirty Thirties. The drought killed crops that had kept the rich soil in place, and when the strong root system was not there the soil was not kept grounded. Due to the soil left with no crops, the high and strong winds blew the topsoil away.
A drought is an occurrence where there is very little rainfall, which results in a shortage of water. Drought can last up to ten years in certain places, especially desert areas. Droughts are extremely difficult to predict, and produce cracked land. They are very dangerous in places with little food and little water. Droughts can also affect farmers, due to it being so hot that their plants die.
Ancient civilizations began in areas that had arable land and other features such as rivers. Civilizations succeeded in these environments because they could settle down and not live a nomadic lifestyle. Because the land was arable, agriculture prospered and people relied on the geography to grant them the elements needed for survival. In China and Egypt, geography greatly influenced and affected the lives of the people living there because of the prosperous rivers and large natural barriers.