Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Lessening Stream
Part I. Archaic
1. The River as It Was: Precambrian to Late Pleistocene
2. From Clovis Points to Maize: 10,000 B.C.–A.D. 1500
3. Cattle, Wheat, and Peace: 1500–1820
4. War and a Returned River: 1820–1846
5. Americanos: 1846–1850
6. New Borders: 1850–1856
7. New Residents, Old Problems: 1856–1880
Part II. Modern
8. Steel Rails and Steam Pumps: 1880–1900
9. Water Mining and the Wagging Urban Tail: 1900–1930
10. Lost Balance and ‘‘The Truth About Water in Tucson’’: 1930–1960
Part III. Postmodern
11. Preservation and Conservation: 1960–1983
12. CAP, Broken Pipes, and Groundwater Spikes: 1983 to the Present
Epilogue: A River Now and Then
Notes
Bibliography
Illustration Credits
Index