Mr. Speaker. the problem of the development of Red River Valley is as old as is the civilization of that. area. When the first white men came up the Red River. opening up to these pioneer immigrants the new empire of the Southwest. almost the first consideration to enter the minds of these people was that of developing the great alluvial section of the Southwest. Red River is one of the large rivers of the United States. and the Red River Basin comprises portions of 5 Statesnamely. Louisiana. Arkansas. Oklahoma. Texas and New Mexico. This great river of the Southwest drains a total area of 91.430 square miles extending westward from the Mississippi Riverthe Father of Watersto the eastern part of New Mexico.
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