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Water and Power: Developing the Grand River Dam Authority, Part 1, 1935-1944 (open access)

Water and Power: Developing the Grand River Dam Authority, Part 1, 1935-1944

Article describes the eight year project that led to the creation of the Grand River Dam Authority. Part 1 of Richard Lowitt's two-part article describes how the GRDA was campaigned for by Representative Wesley Disney and Senator Elmer Thomas of the Oklahoma Legislature. The resulting construction of the Pensacola Dam became a remedy for both flood control and creation of electric power.
Date: Summer 2009
Creator: Lowitt, Richard, 1922-2018
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History