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Identifier
ov116
Title
Owens
Valley
,
California
,
Central
Area
Creator
Symons
Flying
Service
;
Date Created
circa
1950s
Description
This
photograph
was
taken
looking
to the
west
. The
mountains
in the
background
are the
Sierra
Nevada
.
Big
Pine
,
California
,
home
of
J
.
D
.
Black
,
is
to the
upper
right
of the
photograph
. The
Los
Angeles
Aqueduct
intake
,
noted
in
pen
in
lower
left
,
is
where
the
water
of the
Owens
River
is
diverted
to the
aqueduct
.
Marked
on the
photograph
, the
Tinemaha
Reservoir
stores
Owens
River
water
for
times
when
the
Aqueduct
is
incapacitated
or
else
the
flow
of the
river
exceeds
the
capacity
of the
Aqueduct
.
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
.
Historical Background
The
120
mile
long
Owens
Valley
in
California
varies
in
width
from
two
to
six
miles
and
reaches
an
elevation
of
4000
feet
at its
floor
.
Two
majestic
mountain
ranges
seal
off
the
valley
. The
Sierra
Nevada
dominates
its
western
border
. Its
lowest
peak
is
approximately
7,000
feet
, its
highest
is
Mt
.
Whitney
(14505
feet)
, the
highest
point
in the
contiguous
United
States
.
Ranging
in
size
from
4000
feet
to
14000
feet
, the
White-Inyo
Mountain
Range
marks
the
eastern
border
of the
Owens
Valley
. To the
southeast
of the
valley
is
Death
Valley
;
Yosemite
National
Park
is
is
in the
Sierras
to the
northwest
of the
Owens
Valley
. The
earliest
inhabitants
were the
Native
American
Paiutes
.
Stimulated
by
gold
and
silver
mining
strikes
in the
nearby
mountains
,
Anglo-American
settlements
had
sprung
up
by the
1860s
at
such
places
as
Bishop
Creek
(later
Bishop)
and
Big
Pine
,
leading
to the
displacement
of the
Paiute
from the
valley's
best
lands
,
although
they
remained
in the
valley
.
Agriculture
,
ranching
, and
mining
were the
economic
mainstays
of the
valley
. The
snowpack
in the
mountains
(fully
evident
in this
photograph)
provided
abundant
water
for the
streams
and
Owens
River
,
making
agriculture
possible
. In the
early
twentieth
century
,
Los
Angeles
bought
up
land
and
water
rights
to
obtain
water
for its
growing
population
,
resulting
in the
great
Owens
Valley
Water
Controversy
as
valley
residents
resisted
Los
Angeles
'
intrusion
.
Today
, the
City
of
Los
Angeles
remains
the
largest
employer
in the
valley
;
tourism
based
on
outdoor
recreation
is
the
other
economic
mainstay
. The
valley
lies
within
the
borders
of
Inyo
County
. The
county
seat
is
Independence
,
although
Bishop
(population
3,575)
is
its
biggest
town
.
Other
important
towns
are
Big
Pine
and
Lone
Pine
.
Type
image
;
Physical Description
1
photograph
:
b&w
;
21
x
26
cm
Institution
Center
for the
Study
of
Los
Angeles
Research
Collection
,
Loyola
Marymount
University
Collection Identifier
http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt3w1022nb
Country of Creation
US
Copyright Statement
http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Copyright Holder
Patricia
Symons
Rowbottom
Language
eng
;
Subject (Place)
Owens
River
(Calif.)
;
Sierra
Nevada
(Calif
. and
Nev.)
;
Owens
Valley
(Calif.)
;
Tinemaha
Reservoir
(Calif.)
;
Los
Angeles
Aqueduct
(Calif.)
;
Form/Genre
Photographs
;
Metacollection Identifier
http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu/
Item/Call Number
J
.
D
.
Black
Papers
,
CSLA-15
,
Series
3
:
Photographs
,
Box
3
,
Sleeve
41
Description
Identifier
ov116_side1
Title
side1
Copyright Statement
http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
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