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Sacramento History Journal Vol VI
Table of Contents
Introduction
"Flooding in the Sacramento Valley: A Seething and Boiling Force that Threatens the Monuments of our Enterprise"
by James E. Henley
"Early Reclamation and Abandonment of the Central Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta"
by John Thompson
"Levee Troubles: The Cost of Making the Sacramento Valley Into an Agricutlrual Giant"
by Karen M. O'Neill
"E-mails from Katrina: Comparing the Parallel Experiences of 1955's Flood-Ravaged Yuba City & Marysville with 2005's New Orleans"
by Anastasia (Wolfe) Griffin; Photo Essay by James E. Henley
"Intelligent Engineering: William Hammond Hall and the State Engineering Department"
by Jeff Crawford and Jessica Herrick
"A Swamplander's Vengeance: R.S. Carey and the Failure to Reclaim Putah Sink, 1855-1895"
by David J. Vaught
"From Swampland to Farmland: Reclamation and Irrigation in the Natomas Basin"
by Carson Hendricks & Lisa C. Prince
"Water as Sacramento's Natural Advantage"
by Steven M. Avella
Water: Our History and Future: Color Section
"Dispatching the Products of the Soil: The Fruit and Grain Trade on the Sacramento River"
by Bill Stritzel
"Hydropower in California"
by Steve Hubbard
"'The Water Tasted Like Hell": Water Quality Reminiscenses by a Former Sacramento City Manager"
by Edwin A. Fairbairn
"Cleansing Sacramento of Miasma and Filth"
by Marvin Brienes
"Turning Mud into Liquid Gold: A History of Sacramento's Water Supply"
by Kevin Carunchio
"The Architecture of Water in Sacramento"
by Paula Boghosian
"Taking the Plunge: Water Recreation in the Sacramento Area"
by Marcia A. Eymann
Forum: Two Opinions on Auburn Dam:
"Auburn Dam: Our Future"
by Roger Canfield, Auburn Dam Council
"Auburn Dam: Unnecessary and Too Expensive"
by Gary Estes, Protect American River Canyons
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