“In 1847, two years before the greedy rush for gold began in California, the Mormons quietly began irrigating Utah's Salt Lake Valley. In a sense, they were the first American irrigators of any significance. And their knowledge about the art of applying water to land has spread throughout the world.” WorldYearsFirstsArtTwoWaterLandRainRiversGoldSpreadCaliforniaLakesTwo YearsSignificanceValleysSaltGreedyUtah Author:Stuart Campbell
