The area comprising the district is, in fact, a part of the original North Platte valley project and is generally referred to as the Bridgeport Unit by the United States reclamation officials. It took the government about twelve years to reach the time where it is possible to say, with any degree of assurance, when work on the proposed main ditch and laterals, for the Bridgeport unit, would be commenced. Active construction work started on this ditch in the spring of 1918, and water will be available for a considerable part, and perhaps all, of the district during the year 1921.

The Tri-State Land Company at one time claimed a prior right over the government to irrigate and reclaim these lands, and sought to induce the land owners to contract with it for water rights and the construction of the ditches. The opposition to this movement was so strong that the company finally abandoned its purpose and left the field open to the government. The government finally succeeded in acquiring an interest in the Tri-State ditch, which has its terminus at the range line at the west end of the district, and thereby became possessed of ditch capacity more than ample to carrv all of the water necessary.

The chief obstacle in the way of reclamation of this area by the government being thus removed, it only remained to make the necessary surveys and estimates of the amount of work required preliminary to entering uoon active construction. These surveys and estimates were made and the construction is well on toward the completion of the system.