Owens Valley Farmers Blow Up the Los Angeles Aqueduct
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Business and Commerce Series
- Categories: Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Economics, Terrorism, Natural Resources
- Subcategories: Labor, Unions, Work, Employment, Violence, Farms, Farming, Rural Life, Bombs, Bombings, Explosions
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950
- Geographical Location: California
- Date: May 21, 1924
Article abstract: Farmers in California’s Owens Valley, angered by the drainage of their lands by the Los Angeles aqueduct, resorted to the use of explosives when legal negotiations failed to achieve their goals.
Summary of Event
Owens Valley is located in central California. One hundred miles long and ten miles wide, it is bordered on the west by the Sierra Nevadas and on the east by the White Mountains and Inyo Range. This region was well supplied with water from the Owens River, which ran the length of the valley from its headwaters in the High...
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