Unraveling the Growth, Evolution and Disappearance of the Snow Creek Irrigation Company. September 19, 2025. Trip Leaders: Bob Timmer & Brad Lemmon
Early homesteaders in what we now know as Plainview, halfway between Tumalo and Sisters along highway 20, realized that irrigation was essential to support cultivation and livestock in the dry summers. On this field trip, we will trace the history of irrigation efforts from the first recording of water rights in 1886 through the eventual expansion to 53 miles of canals and construction of dams at Little Three Creek and Three Creek Lakes and then to the disappearance of the Snow Creek Irrigation Company in the 1980’s. The final stop will be at the Tumalo Dam where we will explore its “fiasco” and the early hopes of the Tumalo Irrigation District.
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