Tales of the tract the beginnings of Twin Falls, Idaho and the "Magic" Valley


Title Cover Image: Tales of the tract

Collection of forty-six stories chronicling the events surrounding the building of the great Carey act irrigation project that has transmuted a once barren desert into what is now called the "Magic" Valley. The book tells the personal stories of pioneers who got that job done, and who founded the city of Twin Falls, and first made it prosper -- people like Ira Perrine, John Hansen, Paul Bickel, John and Anna Hayes, and many others

Author(s): James F. Varley
Document: Book · Hardcover · CIRC [ 1 ]
Edition: 2nd ed., rev. and enl
Published: 2008
Physical Description: ix, 176 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm
Genre: Biographies
Notes:

"The stories told herein were initially published in the Twin Falls Times-News, intermittently, from September, 2002 through May, 2005"--Page ix

Subjects:

Anecdotes, Biographies, Economic history, Frontier and pioneer life, Frontier and pioneer life Idaho Magic Valley Anecdotes, Frontier and pioneer life Idaho Twin Falls Anecdotes, History, Idaho Magic Valley, Idaho Twin Falls, Irrigation, Irrigation Idaho Magic Valley History Anecdotes, Irrigation Idaho Twin Falls Histoire Anecdotes, Irrigation Idah

 

Circulation

Here are a list of places where this title can be found and the various formats it can be found in.

Collection Resource Available Edition Published Publisher
The Cascade District: Encyclopedia Library Book Hardcover 1st Edition 2004 Twin Falls Library

 

Last updated: 2024-06-13