...John Opie Ogallala Blue: Water and Life on the High Plains . William Ashworth . Copyright 2007 Agricultural History Society 2007 2009 Book Reviews the local grounds. The Murphy brothers, John and Tom, played a vital role in developing the home grounds for teams inNew York, Pittsburgh...

... considerable attention, but energy has not been treated as an important part of the story. John Opie, Char Miller, and Kenna Lang Archer, Ogallala: Water for a Dry Land , 3rd ed. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2018); Geoff Cunfer, On the Great Plains: Agriculture and Environment (College Station...

...Mary Barford Growing up on the Illinois Prairie during the Great Depression and the Coal Mine Wars: A Portrayal of the Way Life Was . Earl R. Hutchison . Copyright 2007 Agricultural History Society 2007 2009 BookReviews The Ogallala Aquifer was not originally a feature of the Great...

... that attempted to allow success within a neutral atmosphere. Impartiality inproviding grounds as well as in rules interpretationsdemocratized furtherthegame of baseball. One complaint is that the typescriptin thisbook isvery small for these older eyes. Harry Jebsen, Jr. Capital University Ogallala Blue:Waterand...

..., quite literally, from the ground up. Scarce rainfallmade the arid climates of the High Plains the great American desert. There was a resource underfoot, primarily the great Ogallala aquifer, but how to bring itswater to the sur face? Conventional gravity and ditch irrigation systems could not uncork...

... for different visions. The geography of Nebraska, the setting of the study, offers unique contrasts, from the cornbelt farming region to the east, to the vast west-central sand? hills, with their porous soils. The enormous Ogallala aquifer provides plentiful irrigation water in western Nebraska...

... benefited from the implementation of irrigation throughout the area, a development made possible by the combined resources of the Ogallala Aquifer and theHugoton natural gas field. These developments, which have proceeded at a rapid pace since the 1950s, have resulted in the production of huge acreages...

.... Some solutions failed outright (afforestation), others succeeded, but only temporarily (Ogallala irrigation, rapidly silting dams). By the end of the century, Hurt asserts, plains people were resigned that they could not control nature, but might, at best, redirect it in the medium term and adapt...

... of an expansionist nation, and the articles in this volume illuminate much. Especially notable are West's look at the Southern Plains as a source for a variety of raw materials for centuries, Opie's focus on the Ogallala Aquifer and the "moral geography" of the plains as played out in two (Texas and Kansas) water...

... resources of the Ogallala Aquifer and theHugoton natural gas field. These developments, which have proceeded at a rapid pace since the 1950s, have resulted in the production of huge acreages of corn and grain sorghum, raised as feed for swine and cattle. Large-scale feedlots and hog confinements produce mil...

... Francisco: North Point Press, 1987 ), 106 Patricia L. Allen and Carolyn E. Sachs, "The Poverty of Sustainability: An Analysis of Current Positions," Agriculture and Human Values9 (Fall1992): 33 -34 4 John Opie , Ogallala: Water for a Dry Land (Lincoln: University of Nebraska...

... the great Ogallala aquifer, but how to bring itswater to the sur face? Conventional gravity and ditch irrigation systems could not uncork the groundwater below. Windmills were efficient forwatering cattle, but not large crops. In the great entrepreneurial spirit ofAmerica, the invention of amethod...

... cultivation techniques, planting grass, and irrigating; and they tried to control rivers through systems of dams and irrigation diversions. Some solutions failed outright (afforestation), others succeeded, but only temporarily (Ogallala irrigation, rapidly silting dams). By the end of the century, Hurt...

... began tapping the Ogallala Aquifer after World War II. Prowers County did not ignore conservation, but the primary concern of the irrigation farmers who dominated the area was assuring a stable and dependable supply of water for the future. Hence, they bent their efforts toward securing an impoundment...

... on the Ogallala Aquifer and the "moral geography" of the plains as played out in two (Texas and Kansas) water districts, and Roche's discussion of the rise of a politically conservative identity on the Southern Plains, specifically the Texas Panhan? dle, that is rooted in place as much or more than ideology...

... developments. Cunfer evaluates both water mining of the Ogallala aquifer and a comparable nitrogen mining of the soil, but emphasizes the ultimate necessity of coming to terms with limitations imposed by variable rainfall and the exigencies of the nitrogen cycle. The chapter on the Dust Bowl will surely be one...

... aquifers like the Ogallala in the American Southwest or depend on rivers such as China s northeast. Without those water supplies, these regions will not be able to produce crops that feed millions of people and livestock.The warnings about peak oil seem to me impossible to deny. Oil reserves...

... faithfully supported. It remained for his successor, Fred Harris, and Senator Mike Monroney to see the project to completion. Interest in the Optima project did not abate in the 1960s, primarily because of mounting concern about depletion of the vast underground reser? voir, the Ogallala Aquifer. Support...

... . 34. Hoxie , A Final Promise , 46 – 47 . 35. Ibid., 47 . 36. Lemmon shipped from various points, including Ogallala, Valentine, and Chadron in Nebraska and Smithwick and Belle Fourche, Dakota Territory. See, Smith and Harry , Sheidley Cattle Company , 36 – 137 . Shrinkage...

... Conflict ( Tucson : University of Arizona Press , 2001 ); Dan L. Flores , Caprock Canyonlands: Journeys into the Heart of the Southern Plains ( Austin : University of Texas Press , 1990 ); John Opie , Ogallala: Water for a Dry Land ( 1993 ; repr., Lincoln : University of Nebraska...