California Development Company, the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 18 relations: Agriculture, Alamo Canal, California, Coachella Valley, Colorado Desert, Colorado River, Colorado River Irrigation Company, George Chaffey, Groundwater, Imperial Irrigation District, Imperial Land Company, Imperial Valley, Irrigation, Lawsuit, Salton Sea, Salton Sink, Silt, Southern Pacific Transportation Company.

2. 1896 establishments in California
3. 1900s in California
4. 1911 disestablishments in California
5. Companies disestablished in 1911
6. Construction and civil engineering companies established in 1896
7. Geography of the Colorado Desert
8. Irrigation companies
9. Irrigation in the United States

Agriculture

Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, fisheries, and forestry for food and non-food products.

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Alamo Canal

The Alamo Canal (Canal del Álamo) was a long waterway that connected the Colorado River to the head of the Alamo River. California Development Company and Alamo Canal are Geography of the Colorado Desert, Imperial Valley, irrigation in the United States and Lower Colorado River Valley.

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California

California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.

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Coachella Valley

The Coachella Valley is an arid rift valley in the Colorado Desert of Southern California in Riverside County. California Development Company and Coachella Valley are Geography of the Colorado Desert and Lower Colorado River Valley.

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Colorado Desert

Colorado Desert is a part of the larger Sonoran Desert located in California, United States and Baja California, Mexico. California Development Company and Colorado Desert are Imperial Valley.

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Colorado River

The Colorado River (Río Colorado) is one of the principal rivers (along with the Rio Grande) in the Southwestern United States and in northern Mexico.

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Colorado River Irrigation Company

The Colorado River Irrigation Company was incorporated in Colorado on January 7, 1892, for the purpose of irrigating "lands contiguous to the Colorado River." The company founders claimed to be able to irrigate, with of that being in San Diego County, California, and the remainder in Baja California, Mexico. California Development Company and Colorado River Irrigation Company are Imperial Valley and irrigation in the United States.

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George Chaffey

George Chaffey (28 January 1848 – 1 March 1932) was a Canadian engineer, inventor and entrepreneur who with his brother William developed large parts of Southern California, including what became the community of Etiwanda and the cities of Ontario, and Upland.

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Groundwater

Groundwater is the water present beneath Earth's surface in rock and soil pore spaces and in the fractures of rock formations.

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Imperial Irrigation District

The Imperial Irrigation District (IID) is an irrigation district that serves the Imperial Valley and a large portion of the Coachella Valley in the Colorado Desert region of Southern California. California Development Company and Imperial Irrigation District are Imperial Valley and Lower Colorado River Valley.

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Imperial Land Company

The Imperial Land Company was a land colonization company incorporated in California in March, 1900 for the purpose of encouraging settlement of the Imperial Valley thus providing customers for the California Development Company. California Development Company and Imperial Land Company are Defunct companies based in California and Imperial Valley.

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Imperial Valley

The Imperial Valley (Valle de Imperial or Valle Imperial) of Southern California lies in Imperial and Riverside counties, with an urban area centered on the city of El Centro. California Development Company and Imperial Valley are Geography of the Colorado Desert and Lower Colorado River Valley.

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Irrigation

Irrigation (also referred to as watering of plants) is the practice of applying controlled amounts of water to land to help grow crops, landscape plants, and lawns.

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Lawsuit

A lawsuit is a proceeding by one or more parties (the plaintiff or claimant) against one or more parties (the defendant) in a civil court of law.

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Salton Sea

The Salton Sea is a shallow, landlocked, highly saline endorheic lake in Riverside and Imperial counties at the southern end of the U.S. state of California. California Development Company and Salton Sea are Geography of the Colorado Desert and Imperial Valley.

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Salton Sink

The Salton Sink is the low point of an endorheic basin, a closed drainage system with no outflows to other bodies of water, in the Colorado Desert sub-region of the Sonoran Desert. California Development Company and Salton Sink are Geography of the Colorado Desert and Imperial Valley.

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Silt

Silt is granular material of a size between sand and clay and composed mostly of broken grains of quartz.

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Southern Pacific Transportation Company

The Southern Pacific (or Espee from the railroad initials) was an American Class I railroad network that existed from 1865 to 1996 and operated largely in the Western United States.

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See also

1896 establishments in California

• Alvord Unified School District
• Anchor Brewing Company
• Bourn Mansion
• California Development Company
• California Motor Company
• Calvary Cemetery (Los Angeles)
• Colombo Baking Company
• Compton High School
• Corona, California
• Emeryville, California
• Employers Group
• Eureka High School (California)
• Fraternal Brotherhood
• Hamlin School
• Humphreys University
• Isabella, California
• John Woelke House
• La Habra City School District
• La Mirada, California
• Le Grand, California
• Le Petit Journal des Refusées
• Lodi High School (California)
• Molinari's
• Mount Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railway
• Ojai Tennis Tournament
• Olivet Gardens of Cypress Lawn Memorial Park
• Porterville High School
• Riverside Police Department
• San Diego Brewing Company
• San Fernando High School
• Santa Clara Broncos football
• Santa Fe Arroyo Seco Railroad Bridge
• Santa Ynez Valley Union High School
• Sawtelle, Los Angeles
• Shaver, California
• Silicon Valley Power
• South Hollywood–Sherman Line
• St. Mary's Catholic Church (Los Angeles)
• The Emporium (San Francisco)
• USC Gould School of Law
• University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry
• Wiseburn Unified School District

1900s in California

• 1900–1904 San Francisco plague
• Azusa Street Revival
• California Development Company
• Carville, San Francisco
• Historic bars and saloons in San Francisco
• History of oil in California through 1930
• Tetsuo Sōkatsu

1911 disestablishments in California

• Berkeley Clarions
• California Development Company
• California Eastern Railway
• Central California League
• Los Angeles Pacific Railroad
• Petaluma Baseball Team
• Richmond Merchants
• The Chutes of San Francisco

Companies disestablished in 1911

• California Development Company

Construction and civil engineering companies established in 1896

• California Development Company
• Harry Neal Ltd.
• Penta-Ocean
• Tokyo Tatemono
• Whelan the Wrecker

Geography of the Colorado Desert

• Alamo Canal
• Algodones Dunes
• All-American Canal
• Blue Angels Peak
• California Development Company
• Coachella Canal
• Coachella Valley
• Colorado River Aqueduct
• Coyote Mountain (California)
• Coyote Wash (California)
• Dos Palmas Spring
• Imperial Valley
• Lake Cahuilla
• Lake Cahuilla (reservoir)
• Lake Havasu
• List of lakes of the Colorado Desert
• Lower Colorado River Valley
• New River (Mexico–United States)
• Palm Canyon Wash (Coyote Wash tributary)
• Palm Canyon Wash (Whitewater River tributary)
• Parker Valley
• Salton Buttes
• Salton Sea
• Salton Sink
• South Fork Coyote Wash
• Tahquitz Falls
• Tumco Wash
• Vidal Valley

Irrigation companies

• California Development Company
• Hunter Industries
• Jain Irrigation Systems
• Lindsay Corporation
• Murrumbidgee Irrigation
• Netafim
• Orbit Irrigation Products
• R.M. Wade & Co.
• Senninger Irrigation
• The Toro Company
• Valmont Industries

Irrigation in the United States

• Acequia Madre (Las Vegas, New Mexico)
• Acequia Madre (Santa Fe)
• Alamo Canal
• All-American Canal
• Bighorn Ditch Headgate
• California Development Company
• Central Valley Project
• Coachella Canal
• Colorado River Irrigation Company
• Columbia Basin Project
• Conservation Effects Assessment Project
• Corpus Christi Ship Channel
• Crow Creek Water Ditch
• Delta Conveyance Project
• Delta Cross Channel
• Delta–Mendota Canal
• Espada Acequia
• Friant-Kern Canal
• High Line Canal
• Kokee Ditch
• Laramie-Poudre Tunnel
• Las Tres Haciendas Waterworks
• Lindsay Corporation
• Madera Canal
• Middle Rio Grande Project
• National Irrigation Congress
• National Water and Climate Center
• Natural Resources Conservation Service
• Navajo Indian Irrigation Project
• Orbit Irrigation Products
• Pick–Sloan Missouri Basin Program
• Rio Culebra (Colorado)
• Salt River Project
• Smith's Irrigation Ditch
• The Toro Company
• Uinta Indian Irrigation Project
• Waimea Ditch
• Yuma Project
• Zanja
• Zanja Madre

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Development_Company