Juan the Bear and the Water of Life: La Acequia de Juan del Oso

by Juan Estevan Arellano, Enrique R. Lamadrid, Juan Arellano

Book Overview

La Acequia del Rito y la Sierra in the Mora Valley is the highest and most famous traditional irrigation system in New Mexico. It carries water up and over a mountain ridge and across a sub-continental divide, from the tributaries of the R o Grande to the immense watershed of the Mora, Canadian, Arkansas, and Mississippi Rivers. The names and stories of those who created this acequia to sustain their communities have mostly been lost and replaced...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826345441
• ISBN13: 9780826345448
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.3" x 10.8"
• Age Range: 7 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 5