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Early explorers described the lower Crooked River's floodplain as large and filled with waist-high grasses and willow trees ("Ochoco" is a Paiute word for "willow"). Beaver were also plentiful, especially on the upper river and tributaries, thus fur trappers frequented the region until the beaver were depleted.[2]
Water diversion in the Crooked River basin for irrigation agriculture began in the 1800s. Two large reservoirs were built to supply irrigation water during the summer growing season: Prineville Reservoir on the Crooked River and Ochoco Reservoir on Ochoco Creek. Today irrigation diversions during the summer remove most of the Crooked River's flow below Prineville.[2]
CrookedRiver013
~*Photography Originally Taken By: www.CrossTrips.Com Under God*~
Early explorers described the lower Crooked River's floodplain as large and filled with waist-high grasses and willow trees ("Ochoco" is a Paiute word for "willow"). Beaver were also plentiful, especially on the upper river and tributaries, thus fur trappers frequented the region until the beaver were depleted.[2]
Water diversion in the Crooked River basin for irrigation agriculture began in the 1800s. Two large reservoirs were built to supply irrigation water during the summer growing season: Prineville Reservoir on the Crooked River and Ochoco Reservoir on Ochoco Creek. Today irrigation diversions during the summer remove most of the Crooked River's flow below Prineville.[2]