In the years leading up to statehood, Wyoming’s systems for putting its water to use were a unique, disorderly mess. Elwood Mead, who wrote most of the state’s water law at age 32, quickly became the chief agent in the drive to pull order out of chaos. ...
Essay - Anne MacKinnon - 10/12/2011 - 10:05pm
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