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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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).

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

An image of a machine (roller) compacting earth for the construction of Lake Lowell; none of the men's identities are known at this time.