UUS_mss109.xml Guide to the American Falls Canal and Power Company records 1894-1923 American Falls Canal and Power Company records 1894-1923 Finding aid created by the Special Collections Department at Utah State University Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008 Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives ©2008
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-01-14. Finding guide is in English in Latin script. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition). July 25, 2008. Template information was updated to reflect Utah Manuscript Association best practices. 2009 Template information was updated to reflect Archives West best practice guidelines. Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives American Falls Canal and Power Company records UUS_COLL MSS 109 4 boxes 3.5 linear feet 1894-1923 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. Collection materials are in English.

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The records of the American Falls Canal & Power Company were donated in 1991 in conjunction with the Utah Mortgage & Loan Corporation Records (Mss Collection 131), by George Herbert Champ and his two siblings, Mary Knox Champ Nielsen, and Frederick Winton Champ.

American Falls Canal and Power Company records, 1894-1923. (COLL MSS 109) Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives department.

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.

The papers of American Falls Canal & Power Company provide 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.

 American Falls Dam (Idaho)--History. Blackfoot (Idaho)--History. Irrigation canals and flumes--Idaho. Economics and Banking American Falls Canal & Power Company origination documents, deeds, and contracts, correspondence, and other documentation

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.

 Contract with the state of Idaho 1901 1 1 Contract with the state of Idaho 1904 1 2 Contract with the state of Idaho 1905 1 3 Opinion on legal right of ways, by Richards and Haga undated 1 4 1908 agreement undated 1 5 Agreement with the Reclamation Service 1908 1 6 Annual report 1908 1 7 Chief engineer's report 1900 1 8 Engineer's report 1905 1 9 Location of canal passage 1894 1 10 Water location documents 1894 1 11 Agreement with Lyman Skeen about contractor work 1903 1 12 Contract with Lyman Skeen about contractor work 1905 1 13 List of papers on file with the Idaho State Engineer's office undated 1 14 Notes about changes made in the canal undated 1 15 Trust deed with Utah Savings and Trust Company 1903 1 16 Contract with the Utah Mortgage and Loan Company 1905 1 17 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 18 Trust deed with People Bank & Trust Company of Illinois, and power of attorney document undated 1 19 Trust deed with People Bank & Trust Company 1907 1 20 Trust deed with People Bank & Trust Company 1908 1 21 Agreement with People Bank & Trust Company 1908 1 22 Agreement with Salt Lake Commercial Bank 1908 1 23 Trial balance of assets of the American Falls Canal & Power Company 1905 1 24 Trial balance of assets of the American Falls Canal & Power Company 1907 1 25 Statement of differed payments of contracts with the UMLC undated 1 26 Statement of money received since 1907 September 1 27 Funds advanced to the canal company by various stockholders 1911 1 28 Correspondence concerning a second issuance of bonds for the canal company 1911 1 29 Copies of bond orders undated 1 30-32 Documents from the board of directors and stockholders meeting and correspondence undated

Folders 6-29 are correspondence.

 Report of meeting 1908 2 1 Meeting minutes and resignations undated 2 2 Stockholder list as of 1913 January 17 2 3 Notices for stockholder meetings undated 2 4 Board of directors information undated 2 5 Andrews, Ella G undated 2 6 Brown, Joseph 1909-1911 2 7 Champ, George 1907 2 8 Church, E. O 1909-1911 2 9 Enns, F. D 1909-1911 2 10 Foulks, Nellie B 1911 2 11 Howell, Benjamin undated 2 12 Lee, William 1910-1911 2 13-16 Lowe, Nora Jones undated 2 17-18 McClure, Homer undated 2 19 Oregon Short Line Railroad Company 1910-1912 2 20 Tibke, Jacob 1912 2 21 Tracy, David 1912 2 22 Utah Mortgage & Loan Company 1912 2 23-24 Vance, H. S 1915-1923 2 25-27 Wright, Hughy J 1912-1914 2 28-29 American Falls Canal Company papers and papers from affiliated companies undated

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.

 Claims against the canal company 1909 3 1 Notes due to the canal company 1909 3 2-3 Irrigation deed releases 1907 3 4 Samples of gold bonds and warranty deeds of the canal company undated 3 5 Company advertising brochures undated 3 6 Aberdeen Townsite & Investment Company reports, correspondence, and townsite map 1907-1918 3 7 Documents concerning the investment company 1909-1911 3 8-11 Document creating the company 1910 3 12 Stockholders information undated 3 13 Bond issued, trust deed and appointment of UMLC as trustee 1918 3 14 Correspondence 1917 3 15 American Falls Canal Securities Company papers 1918-1919 3 16-17 Articles of incorporation and other company documents 1903 3 18 Board of directors information 1905-1906 3 19 Report from Albert D. Early, lawyer undated 3 20 Document regarding a $20,000 dollar loan from the UMLC undated 3 21 Bill from the UMLC undated 3 22 Correspondence concerning the bankruptcy of the American Falls Canal & Power Company undated 3 23 Licenses from Idaho, Utah, and Wyoming. undated 3 24 Certificates of stock owned by EC & SC. undated 3 25 Stockholder meeting notices for 1907-1912 3 26 Correspondence and contracts - Dawes, Frank and Hugh undated 3 27 Correspondence and contracts - Forsell, Peter undated 3 28-29 Correspondence and contracts - Madsen, Peter undated 3 30 Correspondence and contracts - Moore, P. R. undated 3 31 Correspondence and contracts - Snow, E. M undated 3 32-33 Idaho Irrigated Lands Company 1900-1910 4 1 Peoples Bank & Trust Company 1917 4 2-3 Correspondence concerning the Evans Curtis & Sweet Company, Aberdeen Investment Company, and the American Falls Canal & Power Company undated 4 4-5 Correspondence regarding the Utah Mortgage & Loan Company undated 4 6-10 Document from the Interior Department about the Jackson Lake Reservoir Project undated 4 11 Bill from Martineau & Evans Law Firm. undated 4 12 Contracts with the American Falls Canal & Power Company due in 1908 4 13