it was suggested that the Owens region could one day be a reservation for the Paiute. But after the Los Angeles aqueduct was ...

This is the gateway of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. Nearly a century ago an ... Today most of the people residing in the Owens Valley make their living from tourism, with the majority of skiers ...

In 1913, spectators at the grand opening of the L.A. Aqueduct received a commemorative bottle of water fresh from Owens Valley. Today and tomorrow, you can get another. Designed by William ...

The Los Angeles Water Bureau piped water from the Owens Valley to fill the reservoir at the St. Francis Dam and gradually removed the Paiute from their ancestral territory.

In 1922, William Mulholland began building the St. Francis Dam to create a reservoir for the Los Angeles–Owens River aqueduct. To meet the growing water needs of Los Angeles, he decided to ...

As was the case with the Los Angeles Aqueduct (completed in 1913), every inch of route was battled over in courts (and in the papers). In 1928, the Metropolitan Water District was formed for the ...