The National Irrigation Congress was held periodically in the Western United States beginning in 1891[1] and ending in 1916, by which time the organization had changed its name to International Irrigation Congress.[2][3] It was a "powerful pressure group."[4]
- ^ Fuller, Craig (1994), "Irrigation in Utah", in Powell, Allan Kent (ed.), Utah History Encyclopedia, Salt Lake City, Utah: University of Utah Press, ISBN 0874804256, OCLC 30473917
- ^ "California Invitation," Los Angeles Times, October 2, 1912, page 15 This article includes the first mention of the new name of the organization.
- ^ "Abundance of Water," Los Angeles Times, October 17, 1916, page 11 This article is the last one about this organization under either name.
- ^ Phillip W. Studenberg, "Acreage Limitation and the Applicability of the Reclamation Extension Act of 1914," South Dakota Law Review, 21 S.D.L. Rev. 737 (1976)[permanent dead link]