The Colorado — Big Thompson project

Culminating 50 years of effort on the part of the people of Colorado to secure additional irrigation water for northeastern Colorado, the Colorado Big Thompson project entered the construction stage in December 1938. A Bureau of Reclamation project, the general plan of the complete development from the standpoint of future operation, will extend from the vicinity of Kremmling on the western slope of the Continental Divide to Julesburg and the state line on the eastern slope.