Barnes & Noble to Host Book Signing for Elephant Butte Dam

LAS CRUCES, N.M. - Aug. 4, 2015 - PRLog -- Barnes & Noble to Host Book Signing for Elephant Butte Dam

Local authors will be available to sign copies of book

On November 18, 1904, engineer B.M. Hall submitted his final report to the 12th National Irrigation Congress in El Paso, Texas. He concluded that the ideal location for a dam and reservoir would be a site in western New Mexico. A congressional act of February 25, 1905, authorized the construction of Elephant Butte Dam, the first civil engineering structure concerned with international allocation of water. Part of the Rio Grande Project, the dam and its reservoir would provide irrigation water for farmers along the Rio Grande in New Mexico, Texas, and Mexico. Today, Elephant Butte Dam is designated as a National Historical Engineer Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the oldest national professional engineering society in the United States. The area is home to Elephant Butte Lake State Park, where camping, fishing, and water sports are enjoyed by both residents and tourists. Authors, Sherry Fletcher and Cindy Carpenter, have captured the history of the dam from its inception to completion in 1916 through photographs, historical documents, and old newspapers.

Join the authors for a signing:

Where:  Barnes & Noble

700 S. Telshor Blvd. #1390

Las Cruces, NM, 88001

When:  Saturday, August 15th, 2015; 1:00pm

Available at area bookstores, independent retailers, and online retailers, or through Arcadia Publishing at (888)-313-2665 or online (http://www.arcadiapublishing.com/9781467122894/South-River).

Arcadia Publishing is the leading publisher of local and regional history in the United States.  Our mission is to make history accessible and meaningful through the publication of books on the heritage of America’s people and places.  Have we done a book on your town?  Visit http://www.arcadiapublishing.com.