Title: "Sketch showing the Distribution of Water by means of Natural Drainage Channels and Lateral Canals"
Date Drawn: 1887
Cartographer: Unknown
Publisher: A.D. Foote
Collection: Contained within the "Report on the Irrigating and Reclaiming of Certain Desert Lands in Idaho and other Projects Connected Therewith" - A. D. Foote
According to Foote, local farmers deemed the lands southwest of the Boise River as far richer than those they occupied in the lowlands. They believed that the decomposed lava made the soil rich and productive.