Irrigation Development in Central Oregon - from a report prepared by Scott E. Stuemke, MS, RPA for the District:

The Board of Directors deemed it "necesary for the interests of the District that it acquire all the rights of the Squaw Creek Irrigation Company to the Squaw Creek irrigation system, including water rights, ditches, canals, and other lands." One of the stockholders in SCIC, Mr. Wurzweiler, refused to sell his interest in the delivery system without also selling what is known as Long Hollow Ranch…

In 2001 the Oregon Legislature unanimously passed a law making it illegal to use the word "Squaw" in a name. SCID started started contemplating what its new name should be. That same year the US Forest Service and the Oceanagraphic Names Board started consultation with the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs on changing the name of Squaw Creek. At the June 2005 meeting of the Board of Directors…