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Historical NoteIn 1904, the California-based Richardson Brothers Company and its subsidiary, Richardson Construction Company, established Compañia Constructora Richardson to handle its interests in Sonora, Mexico. W.E. Richardson, Davis Richardson, and H.A. Sibbet were the executives. The purpose of the company was to build a railroad line and develop an irrigation system in the Yaqui River Valley, for agricultural and real estate development. The company purchased most of the land from the bankrupt Sinaloa and Sonora Land and Irrigation Company, and sold the rights to build the railroad to the Southern Pacific Railroad Company. Work on the project was stalled during the Mexican Revolution. The contracts previously granted by the president Porfirio Diaz were renegotiated with the new president, Alvaro Obregón. Yaqui Delta Land and Water Company was formed by the Richardsons in 1909 to sell bonds for Compañia Constructora Richardson. The Compañia was acquired by the Mexican government in 1927, and became Irrigadora del Yaqui, S.A. Scope and Content NotePhotographs comprise the major part of the collection; legal papers and descriptive material are also included. The photos document the company projects from the excavation stages to completed dams. Also depicted are the port city of Guaymas and other Sonoran locations, Yaqui Indians, petroglyphs, the Richardson family and home, mines, and other subjects of local interest; some concern the Mexican Revolution. A report "Background material on irrigation development of the Yaqui Valley, Sonora, Mexico, and the sale of the project to the Mexican government" was written by company attorney Chandler P. Ward in 1968. Original and copied legal papers include tax receipts, information on land sales, stock transfers, and deeds. Printed information includes publicity pamphlets produced by Compañia Constructora Richardson; a stockholder report with map; a booklet "The Land Laws of Mexico;" and several contracts with the Mexican government. ArrangementThis collection is organized into four series.RestrictionsRestrictionsThere are no restrictions on this collection. CopyrightIt is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for the University of Arizona, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright. Related MaterialDigitized files from the collection can be found as part ofArizona-Sonora Documents Online under Records of the Compañia Constructora Richardson, S.A. Access TermsPersonal Name(s) Richardson, Davis, 1862-1909 Richardson, William Edward, 1870-1942 Sibbet, Herbert A Ward, Chandler P Corporate Name(s) Compañia Constructora Richardson, S.A. -- Archives Sinaloa and Sonora Land and Irrigation Company Southern Pacific Railroad Company Geographic Name(s) Guaymas (Sonora, Mexico) -- History -- Photographs Mexico -- History -- Revolution, 1910-1920 Sonora (Mexico : State) -- History -- Sources Yaqui River Valley (Mexico) -- History -- Photographs Subject(s) Agricultural colonies -- Mexico -- Sonora (State) Agriculture and state -- Mexico -- Sonora (State) Indians of Mexico -- Mexico -- Sonora (State) -- Photographs Irrigation engineering -- Mexico -- Yaqui River Water rights -- Mexico -- Yaqui River Yaqui Indians -- Photographs Administrative InformationCredit LineRecords of the Compañia Constructora Richardson, S.A., (MS 113). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries. Container List
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