The streetcars and trains and a subdivision of what were once huge Spanish and Mexican ranchos were all part of the land speculation set off by the access to water from the Owens Valley. On this ...

Maps tell stories. Case in point: this old geologic study of the flourishing Owens Valley. The map was created just before the Los Angeles Aqueduct began drawing water out of the region, leaving ...

On how long the Owens Valley water war lasted: "The war continued and it picked up and it got hot again in the 1970s after the city of Los Angeles decided to add a second aqueduct.

Los Angeles’ unquenchable thirst has been hard on the Owens Valley, where residents still grumble about how, in the early 1900s, the city used agents to pose as farmers and ranchers to buy land ...

Owens Valley Town Tries to Reclaim Its Role as a Top Movie-Making Location. By REBECCA TROUNSON . April 8, 2001 12 AM PT . ... a 70-page booklet complete with maps, ...

In 1924, Owens Valley residents seized the L.A. Aqueduct in a defiant protest. An event focuses on remembering the troubled chapter of L.A. water history.

Looking down on the dry Owens Valley from the road to the Mt. Whitney portal. (Photo: Matt Holzman) (The original image is no longer available, please contact KCRW if you need access to the original ...

Owens Valley - Liquid Gold "Whiskey's fer Drinkin' and Water’s fer Fightin' Over" —Mark Twain. Kevin Blumer Writer Collette Blumer Photographer Dec 01, 2009. Mark Twain hit it on the head.

Learn more about Owens Valley Unified School District here - find all of the schools in the district, ... District Map. Owens Valley Unified School District. 202 S. Clay St., Independence, CA 93526.

In July, Mayor Hahn talked about creating a land conservancy, an easement, to protect the Owens Valley from future development. The Department of Water… ...