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jun 7, 1902 - Newlands Act passed (June 1902)

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Congress passed landmark Newlands Act (1902) ; Wash authorized to take money from sale of public lands in W states to develop irrigation projects;' Settlers repaid cost of reclamation, $$ put towards financing irrigation; → lots of dams built over every major W river in next decades

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jun 7, 1902
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~ 124 years ago