Boise High School - Courier Yearbook (Boise, ID)

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Arrofwroclz Dam. OTGWUT HMAGINE our beautiful Boise Valley before the construction of Arrowrock Dam! Think of our courageous ancestors who first explored the limitless expanses of the Idaho desert! The hardy pioneers who braved the terrors of that unknown Wasteland toiled painfully, thirsty and Weary, across the alkali and rocks, where only scrubby sagebrush and stunted bunch grass could hold a footing. How they must have thrilled with de- light when they came to the clear, cold Waters of the Boise River, flowing out of the mountains and flanked by the Waving cottonwoods and willows. What could have inspired these travelers to build homes in the desolate stretches along the Snake and Boise Rivers? A glorious vision-a vision of the fertile fields and gardens we have now, produced by the Wedding of that limpid mountain water to the barren but potentially fertile soil. As these pioneers built their homes they must have dreamed with rapture of the Boise Valley as it is today, productive and beautiful-the home of an energetic, happy, prosperous people. lt was inevitable, perhaps, that after the settlers saw what Wonders of produc- tivity were achieved by irrigation they should dream of enlarging their empire by building reservoirs to hold back the spring Hoods. Nor did they dream their dreams on a small scale. The mountain of concrete represented in Arrowrock Dam is an immortal testimony to the boldness of their visions. It must have seemed audacious for the people of a small state to reach out for the aid of the United States Govern-