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Public Dams, Private Power: The Fight for Clarks Hill, 1946-1957

CUB Auditorium

In the decade following the end of World War II, public and private forces collided over plans to construct a massive federal dam on the Snake River at Hells Canyon. The battle sparked national debates about nature, energy, economic development, and political power, as private interests successfully “unplugged” the New Deal in the US Northwest […]