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Category: Other
Updated: 18 Mar 2019
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Created byDonghoon Lee [STUDENT]
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Feburary 2nd, 1848
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo passes;
America gains Southwest TerritoryJanuary 24, 1848
California
Gold Rush beginsJune 17th, 1902
National Reclamation Act
passed1898
Frederick Eaton
becomes mayor of
Los Angeles1902
Los Angeles
City Water Company
was bought by
government and
becomes Los Angeles
Department of Water and Power
headed by Mulholland.1904
Eaton and Mulholland
scout Owens Valley
as a possible water supply1905
Eaton buys
land in Owens ValleyJune 30, 1906
Congress provides Los Angeles
land for aqueduct construction.1908
Aqueduct construction begins1913
Aqueduct
finished1924
Protesters blow up
parts of the aqueductMarch 12th, 1928
St. Francis Dam breaks,
drowning residents of surrounding
townsDecember, 1928
Mulholland resigns1934
Mono Basin Project extends aqueduct construction1932
Los Angeles owns 95%
of all farmland in the
Owens Valley areaJuly 1905
$1.5 million bond for
aqueduct construction
approved
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