Browse Items (1264 total)

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.

An image of a horse and wagon construction team working on an embankment for the Deer Flat Reservoir project.

An image of a steam shovel building Lake Lowell (Deer Flat Reservoir). This was the height of modern construction equipment; there is also a dog within the frame.

A boat in front of the canal gates for Deer Flat Reservoir, otherwise known as Lake Lowell.

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 image of the men and women who worked on the dam on Deer Lake Reservoir. In the back row left to right, Mr. Strobe, Steve Mohoney, 'Mother' Forham, Ed Gott, Mrs. Williamson, Mrs. Bradley, Mickey Conner, Mrs. Hugh MacDougal, Mr. Craneman, Bull…

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

A 1912 image of Sunny Slope with the Snake River in the background.

An image of two men digging a ditch for irrigation purposes after a breaking-plow did the preliminary digging.

An early 1900s image of the beginning of the Black Canyon Irrigation Project. Written on the photo are the following words: "Still waiting for the US loan to furnish water, for these trees and ranch." The loan the photo is referring to coincides with…

An 1908 image of the Morrison family homestead located in Central Cove. The family can be seen on the deck of the home; their property surrounded Deer Flat Reservoir (Lake Lowell).

An image of Henry and Daisy Vinson celebrating their 65 wedding anniversary. They were married in 1894.

An image of an early 1900s car with Pickes Butte seen in the background. Additionally, Harry McCluskkey lived to the left of the road.

A family (one man, one woman, two kids) standing in front of of their home on their homestead.

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

A list of land owner names in the Caldwell area (ca 1905), which was important to know during the Lake Lowell project. The people listed above are as follows: Marshall McAdoo, Herman Brandt, William Hasbrouck, Charles S. Smith, R.E. Green, Daniel…

A map of Deer Flat Reservoir, otherwise known as Lake Lowell; it is located north of Caldwell.