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An image of a man with a horse pulled roller compacting earth for the Lake Lowell embankment.

An image of the construction equipment--and employees--used to compact dirt down to build a dam at Deer Flat Reservoir (Lake Lowell); self-dumping dirt wagon.

A photo of the area that eventually became Deer Flat Reservoir. The workers in the image are building a structure in the lower embankment.

An image of Hubbard-Carlson Construction Company' camp site on the lower embankment at Lake Lowell. They were awarded the contract February of 1906.

An early image of a horse standing on top of a dirt mound in Owyhee County--construction.

An image of a gravel pit with a man and a team of horses on top of the structure.

A homestead shack located in the Kuna, Idaho area. There is a man (identity unknown) with his dog seen to the left in the photo.

The 2022 archive intern's created title slide for the Romance of Water Part II exhibit.

An image of the initial point of a survey of the state done during the 1800s. This location is near present day Kuna, Idaho.

An image of wagon ruts in the sagebrush along the Oregon Trail. This was a common path that emigrants would take, hence the trail seen in the dirt/sagebrush.

An aerial image of a railroad street car traversing between a river.

The Oral History Committee's title slide for their second slide show in its irrigation series; The Romance of Water III-The Lake Lowell Story (also known as Deer Flat Reservoir).

The appreciation slide for Idaho State Historical Society and Research of Larry Jones a part of the Romance of Water slide show.

The slide that says "Caldwell Community Foundation" from the Romance of Water slide show.

An image of the slide that says "Caldwell Public Library" from the Romance of Water slide show.

The "funded by" slide for the Romance of Water slide show.

The title slide for the Romance of Water slide show from the Fall of 1977.

An image of the 1907 engineers quarters which were among the sagebrush. These quarters were located in the Deer Flat National Refuge and were used for project at Lake Lowell.

A photograph of the Caldwell Traction Company trolley car traveling to Lake Lowell outside of Caldwell, Idaho.