As Precious as Blood: The Western Slope in Colorado's Water Wars, 1900-1970

Synopsis

A Comprehensive Study About The Contentious Issue Of The Water Wars Between Colorado's Western Slope--where Snows Accumulate West Of The Continental Divide--and The Front Range, Where The Ever-expanding Population Continues To Require More Municipal Water--provided By Publisher. Colorado's Water : A Problem Rooted In Geography And History -- Colorado's Water Wars Begin, 1920-1940 -- Portents Of Mid-century Conflict, 1940-1950 -- The Struggle For The Crsp -- Water Wars At Zenith, 1953-56 -- Into The 1960s : A Tenuous Unity -- A New Age Of War And Peace -- Epilogue : The View From Western Colorado. Steven C. Schulte. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.