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Idaho Experience

The Conquest of the Snake

How irrigation remade the towns, economy and agriculture of Idaho's Magic Valley.

Aired 10/24/2019 | Rating TV-G

Idaho Experience

The Conquest of the Snake

Season 3 Episode 2 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions

How irrigation remade the towns, economy and agriculture of Idaho's Magic Valley.

The Conquest of the Snake reveals the story of how people in South Central Idaho labored together to build towns, plow land and create an irrigation system that would transform the desert and attract thousands of new settlers.

Aired 10/24/2019 | Rating TV-G

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Idaho Experience is a local public television program presented by IdahoPTV

Major Funding by the J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Family Foundation. Additional Funding by Anne Voillequé and Louise Nelson, Judy and Steve Meyer, Richard K. and Shirley S. Hemingway Foundation, the...

Idaho Experience

The Conquest of the Snake

Season 3 Episode 2 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions

The Conquest of the Snake reveals the story of how people in South Central Idaho labored together to build towns, plow land and create an irrigation system that would transform the desert and attract thousands of new settlers.

Aired 10/24/2019 | Rating TV-G

Problems with Closed Captions? Closed Captioning Feedback

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Idaho Experience is a local public television program presented by IdahoPTV

Major Funding by the J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Family Foundation. Additional Funding by Anne Voillequé and Louise Nelson, Judy and Steve Meyer, Richard K. and Shirley S. Hemingway Foundation, the...

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