Historical and Cultural Background Sample Clauses

Historical and Cultural Background. Imperial County and the City of Mexicali are part of the Imperial Valley, which is a fertile region in the Colorado Desert in the southeast corner of California, extending south into Mexico. Water from the All American Canal has transformed this desert into one of the world’s most productive agricultural areas. The communities of Imperial County and Mexicali have been linked since the nineteenth century by agriculture. In the early 1900s, the region was a desert. Early developers saw that the Colorado River could be diverted to supply irrigation water. The California Land Company received permission from the Mexican Government to build a canal through the delta’s Alamo River. New canal segments were constructed, and portions of the Alamo River were used. The Central Main Canal was built northward from the border community of Calexico, and in 1902, irrigation for agriculture in the Imperial Valley began. To attract farmers to the area, the developers named the basin the Imperial Valley. Agricultural development exceeded expectations. The towns of Mexicali, Calexico, Heber, Imperial, and Brawley were founded. By 1905, more than 120,000 acres were under cultivation. The City of Calexico primarily became a weekend town for Imperial Valley’s residents who lived in the United States and traveled into the Mexicali for tourism. In 1903, the U.S. Government tried to stop diversion of Colorado River water for use in the Imperial Valley. For that reason, and to bypass increased silting at the original intake, the California Development Company built a canal head in Mexico. A series of floods in 1905 destroyed a temporary dam and eroded the new canal intake. Water then rushed into the Imperial Canal–Alamo River system, allowing the entire discharge of the Colorado River to pour into the Salton Sink, creating the Salton Sea. After the floods had subsided, work on a diversion dam began. This first attempt to control the river failed. A second attempt to control the flow consisted of a permanent concrete flow gate. In 1906, a flood choked the gate with silt and debris, and again water rushed back into the Imperial Canal toward the Salton Sea. Immense quantities of rock were then unloaded along two large wooden trestles built in a curve across the river. In 1907, the break was closed, and the flow into the Salton Sink ended after a 2-year struggle. In 1928, the U.S. Government passed the Boulder Canyon Project Act, which initiated the construction of Xxxxxx and Imperial D...
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