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Colorado River Compact
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Event Date1922-1944Date Range1930s (1930-1939)1940s (1940-1949)1920s (1920-1929)DescriptionIn 1922, Wyoming, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Arizona, and California signed the Colorado River Compact to help divide water from the Colorado River fairly among the seven states it passes through. Almost immediately, politicians and citizens of all these states began to fight against the approval of the Compact, and it would not be approved until 1944.Browse TopicLand, Environment, and Natural ResourcesGovernment and PoliticsMore InformationWikipedia
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Colorado River Compact. Arizona Memory Project, accessed 02/12/2023, https://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/nodes/view/243976