A canal was dug, routed through Mexico to skirt the sand dunes, and the Imperial Valley, named for the Imperial Land Co., blossomed. It became a 500,000-acre provider of vegetables, alfalfa and ...

The Imperial Dunes are classified as an "erg," a large desert area covered by sand dunes ... which lies between the Coachella Valley and the Colorado River to the south. This unique geography ...

With water, the desert could bloom with crops and the water was potentially available from the Colorado River, ... routed through Mexico to skirt the sand dunes, and the Imperial Valley, ...

A 420-acre property in the Imperial Valley has been put on the market for the first time, compete with racetracks, hangars, and much more.

In a rural, binational community located in the dry desert along the U.S. border, between the coast of San Diego and state of Arizona, lies our Imperial Valley ... Sand Dunes each year, annual ...

When white settlers forayed into what came to be known as the Imperial Valley at the dawn of the 20th century, they found a barren desert in ... the sand dunes, and the Imperial Valley, ...

The Colorado River’s water transformed the Imperial Valley desert into one of California’s most productive farm regions. But now growers will have to sacrifice 10% of their supply because of ...

That’s what turns the desert near El Centro green: The canal carries water roughly 80 miles west to farms in the Imperial Valley, at one point cutting straight through a field of dunes. The ...

This year the federal government is chipping in for yet another Imperial Valley reservoir – a 2,100 acre-foot pool on barren desert land near the All-American Canal. What at first looked to me like an ...