• The Old Settler's Irrigation Ditch, near Rosston, Oklahoma, in both Beaver County, Oklahoma and Harper County, Oklahoma, was constructed during 1893 to...
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    The population was 52 at the time of the 2020 census. The Old Settler's Irrigation Ditch near Rosston is on the National Register of Historic Places...
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    River appears in both Cleveland County and McClain County. Old Settler's Irrigation Ditch is listed in both Beaver County and Harper County. Bridgeport...
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    westward in 1925–1927 to Hooker. New towns arose along the rail lines or old ones relocated along them. Beaver (county seat) Forgan Gate Knowles Little...
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    lawns. Irrigation has been a key aspect of agriculture for over 5,000 years and has been developed by many cultures around the world. Irrigation helps...
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    of Lieut. Jack W. Swilling, 1831–1878, who built the first modern irrigation ditch, and Trinidad, his wife, 1850–1925, who established in 1868 the first...
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    was located on the Boise Meridian and the town was renamed. The Settlers' Irrigation Ditch, 1892, changed the arid region into a productive farming community...
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  • century. Private footpaths lead to an Acequia, an irrigation canal, called the Corbett Irrigation Ditch, which dates back to 1850s. Situated in the eastern...
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    image November 27, 1978 (#78002218) Address Restricted Gate 7 Old Settler's Irrigation Ditch Upload image July 27, 1983 (#83002070) Intersects U.S. Route...
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    Erie Canal (redirect from Clinton's Ditch)
    Clinton, denigrated the project as "Clinton's Folly" and "Clinton's Big Ditch". Nonetheless, the canal saw quick success upon opening on October 26, 1825...
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