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    Why Is Yuma Important

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    Yuma Irrigation Irrigation has been very significant in the Yuma county for decades, irrigation is the reason why Yuma has one of the best soil to develop and grow crops in. Yuma depends on irrigation to get the sources it needs, from growing perfect crops to making great profit. Without all the irrigation systems like dams and canals and successful ideas by representatives Yuma wouldn’t be the town we all know it by and that’s why irrigation is so important in Yuma county, because without it…

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    Yuma Project Case Study

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    The Yuma Project was different from other groups of people over time because as time passed and year after year irrigation was being more needed for farmers and the crops of lettuce, broccoli, and many vegetables crops. The water from the Colorado River is being used for that now a days and for decades the water has been used for crops. Since Southern Arizona was very dry the Yuma Project was designed so the crops could grow with enough water for the product to be sold to different entities.…

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    Why is the Yuma Territorial Prison so important? Many people don't know the prison or the historical events that took place at the prison which is now a museum. The prison helped with multiple things such as helping the great depression, it also helped put away many convicts. The prison was also known to be a state of the ark prison because of its rules and how the prison was cleaned. Also, what most people don't know about the prison is when it went out of business after 33 years, it was turned…

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    reading will be about the yuma project it's good times and bad times. You will also be reading about how irrigation changed yuma in plenty ways what was the efficiency and what were the downfalls and what they did to accomplish and progress from the downfalls. You are also going to read about how much water they were losing and what they did too not lose so much water. There is also going to be somethings that i didn't know that i know how you're going to read how yuma use to be just a little…

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    The Yuma Territorial Prison has many particular traits that people who are interested in Yuma’s history should be informed about. The reason for this is because it has been around for many years, so there is a large amount of history involving it. Many events happened during the time that the prison was open, from 1875 to 1909, there were many changes made within the walls of the prison. The changes made were not just the appearance but also the rules and regulations. Throughout the years the…

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    A hero is a single drop of sun on the cloudiest of days. Heroes are strong, courageous, and caring. Most importantly, a hero is not born, but made. In 3:10 to Yuma Dan Evans protects the ones he loves most at any cost; that is what a true hero is. When we first meet Dan he seems to be cowardice. This is shown when some bankers come in the middle of the night to burn down his barn. The only person who was willing to do anything about it was his fourteen-year-old son William. William is rude to…

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    Yuma’s Irrigation Irrigation is significant to yuma for so many reason’s. Irrigation has brought Yuma a more reliable and clean water source which has and powerful sprinklers, has helped this area master year round farming increasing the number of agricultural products being produced and sold.Throughout the process of developing irrigation many developers had challenges to overcome like flood’s, population and town’s increased and most of all technological inventions. All of these were…

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    Yima Arizona Case Study

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    irrigation, especially in Yuma arizona. Yuma arizona has gone from having little to no adequate irrigation to being one of the most successful irrigated farm lands in the country. With having the colorado at Yuma’s disposal, it wouldn’t be an injustice to utilize the river for irrigation. It also helps having tremendously fertile land so that we can produce superb vegetation. Question1: describe in detail how irrigation changed Yuma/southern arizona. Irrigation has been shaped in…

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    Describe in details how irrigation changed Yuma/ Southern Arizona. Irrigation changed Yuma/ Southern Arizona in both a positive and negative way. A positive way that irrigation help was by the dam blocks being built and the water level down preventing safe travel down river and travel upriver. A negative way that irrigation did not help was by impacting steamer business which brought down the economy in Yuma and Southernern Arizona. With the economy passing of a hard time there was a time…

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    My Life Of My Family

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    grade. After that my parents had a bizarre idea to move out of state. Still up to this point I don’t know the reason why we moved. We moved to Somerton, AZ which in near to Yuma, AZ. But I never knew that only my mom, my sisters and I would be the only one moving, not my dad. My dad stayed in CA because my dad had good job and in Yuma there are no good jobs. My dad did it with a good intention, to support his family but we were all were affect by separating that…

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