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American Falls Canal and Power Company papers, 1894-1923
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- American Falls Canal and Power Company (Idaho)
- Title
- American Falls Canal and Power Company papers
- Dates
- 1894-1923 (inclusive)18941923
- Quantity
- 4 boxes, (3.5 linear ft.)
- Collection Number
- UUS_COLL MSS 109
- Summary
- Correspondence, legal documents, and reports relating to the American Falls Canal and Power Co. and six affiliated canal and land companies, including the Aberdeen Townsite Investment Company; Aberdeen-Springfield Co.; American Falls Canal Securities Co.; Evans, Curtis, and Sweet Co.; Idaho Irrigated Lands Co.; and the Utah Mortgage and Loan Co.
- Repository
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Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division
Special Collections & Archives
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
Logan, UT
84322-3000
Telephone: 4357978248
Fax: 4357972880
scweb@usu.edu - Access Restrictions
-
Restrictions
Open to public research.
- Languages
- English.
- Sponsor
- Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008
Historical NoteReturn to Top
The American Falls Canal & Power Company was formed in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1896, to take advantage of government land made available by the passage of the Carey Land Act in 1892 and by the subsequent passage of the Idaho Irrigation District Law in 1895. These laws allowed individuals to purchase land at 15 cents per acre with the stipulation that they had irrigation water available. The American Falls Canal & Power Company contracted with the state of Idaho to provide irrigation water at the rate of $15 dollars per share in the Blackfoot, Idaho area. To build this canal it was originally estimated that the cost would run about $325,000 dollars. The funding for this project came from the Utah Mortgage & Loan Company, of Logan, Utah.
With the development of irrigation canals in the Blackfoot area it became profitable to establish other canal and land companies to work hand-in-hand with the American Falls Canal & Power Company (six of these companies were from Utah). The American Falls Canal & Power Company operated for 18 years until February 27, 1914, when the company filed for bankruptcy.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The papers of American Falls Canal & Power Company provides information about the development of large-scale irrigation projects on the Snake River in southeastern Idaho. This four box collection consists of legal documentation, stock receipts, correspondence, and financial records pertaining to various irrigation projects in southern Idaho. In addition, boxes 3 and 4 contain the papers from numerous organizations affiliated with the American Falls Canal & Power Company.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
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Permission to publish material from the American Falls Canal and Power Company papers must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.
Preferred Citation
American Falls Canal and Power Company papers, 1894-1923. (COLL MSS 109) Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives Department.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
American Falls Canal & Power Company origination documents, deeds, and contracts, correspondence, and other documentationReturn to Top
Folders 8-15 contains engineering reports about the canal's construction. Folders 16-32 contains financial information about the company-trust deeds, agreements, and financial disclosures.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | Folder | ||
1 | 1 | Contract with the state of Idaho |
1901 |
1 | 2 | Contract with the state of Idaho |
1904 |
1 | 3 | Contract with the state of Idaho |
1905 |
1 | 4 | Opinion on legal right of ways, by Richards and
Haga |
undated |
1 | 5 | 1908 agreement |
undated |
1 | 6 | Agreement with the Reclamation Service |
1908 |
1 | 7 | Annual report |
1908 |
1 | 8 | Chief engineer's report |
1900 |
1 | 9 | Engineer's report |
1905 |
1 | 10 | Location of canal passage |
1894 |
1 | 11 | Water location documents |
1894 |
1 | 12 | Agreement with Lyman Skeen about contractor
work |
1903 |
1 | 13 | Contract with Lyman Skeen about contractor
work |
1905 |
1 | 14 | List of papers on file with the Idaho State
Engineer's office |
undated |
1 | 15 | Notes about changes made in the
canal |
undated |
1 | 16 | Trust deed with Utah Savings and Trust Company |
1903 |
1 | 17 | Contract with the Utah Mortgage and Loan
Company |
1905 |
1 | 18 | Resolution authorizing a $31,000 dollar loan
from the National Bank of the Republic, 1908, and a resolution of the directors
of the Evans, Curtis, and Sweet Company authorizing the guarantee of the above
note |
1908 |
1 | 19 | Trust deed with People Bank & Trust
Company of Illinois, and power of attorney document |
undated |
1 | 20 | Trust deed with People Bank & Trust
Company |
1907 |
1 | 21 | Trust deed with People Bank & Trust
Company |
1908 |
1 | 22 | Agreement with People Bank & Trust
Company |
1908 |
1 | 23 | Agreement with Salt Lake Commercial Bank |
1908 |
1 | 24 | Trial balance of assets of the American Falls
Canal & Power Company |
1905 |
1 | 25 | Trial balance of assets of the American Falls
Canal & Power Company |
1907 |
1 | 26 | Statement of differed payments of contracts
with the UMLC |
undated |
1 | 27 | Statement of money received since |
1907 September |
1 | 28 | Funds advanced to the canal company by various
stockholders |
1911 |
1 | 29 | Correspondence concerning a second issuance of
bonds for the canal company |
1911 |
1 | 30-32 | Copies of bond orders |
undated |
Documents from the board of directors and stockholders meeting and correspondence, undatedReturn to Top
Folders 6-29 are correspondence.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | Folder | ||
2 | 1 | Report of meeting |
1908 |
2 | 2 | Meeting minutes and resignations |
undated |
2 | 3 | Stockholder list as of |
1913 January 17 |
2 | 4 | Notices for stockholder meetings |
undated |
2 | 5 | Board of directors information |
undated |
2 | 6 | Andrews, Ella G |
undated |
2 | 7 | Brown, Joseph |
1909-1911 |
2 | 8 | Champ, George |
1907 |
2 | 9 | Church, E. O |
1909-1911 |
2 | 10 | Enns, F. D |
1909-1911 |
2 | 11 | Foulks, Nellie B |
1911 |
2 | 12 | Howell, Benjamin |
undated |
2 | 13-16 | Lee, William |
1910-1911 |
2 | 17-18 | Lowe, Nora Jones |
undated |
2 | 19 | McClure, Homer |
undated |
2 | 20 | Oregon Short Line Railroad Company |
1910-1912 |
2 | 21 | Tibke, Jacob |
1912 |
2 | 22 | Tracy, David |
1912 |
2 | 23-24 | Utah Mortgage & Loan Company |
1912 |
2 | 25-27 | Vance, H. S |
1915-1923 |
2 | 28-29 | Wright, Hughy J |
1912-1914 |
American Falls Canal Company papers and papers from affiliated companies, undatedReturn to Top
Box 3: Folders 7-11 relate to the Aberdeen Townsite & Investment Company; Folders 12-13 relate to the Aberdeen-Springfield Company, 1910; Folders 14-17 relate to the American Falls Canal Securities Company; Folders 18-33 relate to the Evans, Curtis, and Sweet Company.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | Folder | ||
3 | 1 | Claims against the canal company |
1909 |
3 | 2-3 | Notes due to the canal company |
1909 |
3 | 4 | Irrigation deed releases |
1907 |
3 | 5 | Samples of gold bonds and warranty deeds of the
canal company |
undated |
3 | 6 | Company advertising brochures |
undated |
3 | 7 | Aberdeen Townsite & Investment Company
reports, correspondence, and townsite map |
1907-1918 |
3 | 8-11 | Documents concerning the investment company |
1909-1911 |
3 | 12 | Document creating the company |
1910 |
3 | 13 | Stockholders information |
undated |
3 | 14 | Bond issued, trust deed and appointment
of UMLC as trustee |
1918 |
3 | 15 | Correspondence |
1917 |
3 | 16-17 | American Falls Canal Securities Company papers |
1918-1919 |
3 | 18 | Articles of incorporation and other company
documents |
1903 |
3 | 19 | Board of directors information |
1905-1906 |
3 | 20 | Report from Albert D. Early, lawyer
|
undated |
3 | 21 | Document regarding a $20,000 dollar loan from
the UMLC |
undated |
3 | 22 | Bill from the UMLC |
undated |
3 | 23 | Correspondence concerning the bankruptcy of the
American Falls Canal & Power Company |
undated |
3 | 24 | Licenses from Idaho, Utah, and Wyoming.
|
undated |
3 | 25 | Certificates of stock owned by EC & SC.
|
undated |
3 | 26 | Stockholder meeting notices for |
1907-1912 |
3 | 27 | Correspondence and contracts - Dawes, Frank and
Hugh |
undated |
3 | 28-29 | Correspondence and contracts - Forsell, Peter
|
undated |
3 | 30 | Correspondence and contracts - Madsen, Peter
|
undated |
3 | 31 | Correspondence and contracts - Moore, P. R.
|
undated |
3 | 32-33 | Correspondence and contracts - Snow, E.
M |
undated |
4 | 1 | Idaho Irrigated Lands Company |
1900-1910 |
4 | 2-3 | Peoples Bank & Trust Company |
1917 |
4 | 4-5 | Correspondence concerning the Evans Curtis
& Sweet Company, Aberdeen Investment Company, and the American Falls
Canal & Power Company |
undated |
4 | 6-10 | Correspondence regarding the Utah Mortgage
& Loan Company |
undated |
4 | 11 | Document from the Interior Department about the
Jackson Lake Reservoir Project |
undated |
4 | 12 | Bill from Martineau & Evans Law Firm.
|
undated |
4 | 13 | Contracts with the American Falls Canal
& Power Company due in |
1908 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Irrigation canals and flumes--Idaho.
Corporate Names
- Aberdeen Townsite Investment Company (Idaho)
- Aberdeen Townsite Investment Company (Idaho) (contributor)
- Aberdeen-Springfield Canal Company (Idaho) (contributor)
- Aberdeen-Springfield Canal Company (Idaho)
- American Falls Canal Securities Company (Idaho)
- American Falls Canal and Power Company (Idaho)
- American Falls Canal Securities Company (Idaho) (contributor)
- American Falls Canal and Power Company (Idaho) (contributor)
- Evans, Curtis and Sweet Company (Idaho)
- Evans, Curtis and Sweet Company (Idaho) (contributor)
- Idaho Irrigated Lands Company.
- Idaho Irrigated Lands Company. (contributor)
- Utah Mortgage and Loan Company (Logan, Utah) (contributor)
- Utah Mortgage and Loan Company (Logan, Utah)
Geographical Names
- American Falls Dam (Idaho)--History.
- Blackfoot (Idaho)--History.