View of the midway and concessions on the Venice pier looking inland. To the left is the Dance Hall building; the arched entrance near the center of the view is the entrance to the Racing Derby; on the right side part of "The Bobs" roller coaster...
Big Pine Creek (Calif.); Stocks; Stockholders; Meyers, Minnie; Big Pine Water Association; Hession, Jess; Black, J. D. (John David), 1893-1960; Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles
J. D. Black (1893-1960), also known as Jack, was a merchant of Big Pine and Bishop, California. He was a leader in the fight of Big Pine for reparations from the City of Los Angeles during the Owens Valley water controversy. In the 1920s, he served...
Big Pine Reparations Association; Hession, Jess; Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles
After a reparations bill of California was passed in April 1925, the Big Pine Property Owners Association (BPPOA) formed the Big Pine Reparations Association (BPRA) on July 29, 1925 to establish reparations claims against the City of Los Angeles...
Big Pine Reparations Association; Reparations; Lawyers; Actions and defenses; Inman, J. M.; West, P. G.; Hession, Jess; Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles
After a reparations bill of California was passed in April 1925, the Big Pine Property Owners Association (BPPOA) formed the Big Pine Reparations Association (BPRA) on July 29, 1925 to establish reparations claims against the City of Los Angeles...
Big Pines Reparations Association; Reparations; Black, J. D. (John David), 1893-1960; Jones, Vivian L.; Burdick, Edwin E.; Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles
To meet the need for water of its growing population, the City of Los Angeles began acquiring water rights in the Owens Valley in 1905. The Los Angeles Aqueduct was completed in 1913 to bring Owens Valley water to the city. During the 1920s, the...
View of the Amusement rides Noah's Ark and The Big Dipper on the eastern end of Venice pier; Leiningers Salt Water Taffy can be seen to the west of Noah's Ark.
Courthouses--California--Independence; Historic buildings--California--Independence; Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles
Front view of the Inyo County Courthouse, located on 168 North Edwards Street, Independence, California.
A view of the main walkway of the Venice Amusement Pier. Tn the foreground on the left is the Dance Hall; to the right is "The Bobs" roller coaster entrance. American and British flags hang from poles extending out from the buildings.
Exterior view of the Venice Dance Hall located on the main walkway of the Venice Pier. Visitors to the pier crowd the walkway. American flags fly above the building while other flags are draped across the building.
Fish hatcheries--California--Independence; Historic buildings--California--Independence; Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles
Front view of the Mount Whitney Fish Hatchery building completed in 1916.
Irrigation; Water-supply, Agricultural; Indians of North America; Taboose Creek; Ramshaw, George; Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles
To meet the need for water of its growing population, the City of Los Angeles began acquiring water rights in the Owens Valley in 1905. The Los Angeles Aqueduct was completed in 1913 to bring Owens Valley water to the city. During the 1920s, the...
Irrigation; Water-supply, Agricultural; Indians of North America; Taboose Creek; Ramshaw, George; Webb, Thomas; Big Pine Property Owners Association; Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles
To meet the need for water of its growing population, the City of Los Angeles began acquiring water rights in the Owens Valley in 1905. The Los Angeles Aqueduct was completed in 1913 to bring Owens Valley water to the city. During the 1920s, the...
Irrigation; Water-supply, Agricultural; Indians of North America; Taboose Creek; Ramshaw, George; Webb, Thomas; Big Pine Property Owners Association; Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles
To meet the need for water of its growing population, the City of Los Angeles began acquiring water rights in the Owens Valley in 1905. The Los Angeles Aqueduct was completed in 1913 to bring Owens Valley water to the city. During the 1920s, the...
Land use; Agriculture--California--Owens Valley; Ranches--California--Owens Valley; Big Pine Property Owners Association; Black, J. D. (John David), 1893-1960; Hession, Jess
J. D. Black (1893-1960), also known as Jack, was a merchant of Big Pine and Bishop, California. He was a leader in the fight of Big Pine for reparations from the City of Los Angeles during the Owens Valley water controversy. In the 1920s, he served...
Lawyers; Actions and defenses; Reparations; Inman, J. M.; Hession, Jess
To meet the need for water of its growing population, the City of Los Angeles began acquiring water rights in the Owens Valley in 1905. The Los Angeles Aqueduct was completed in 1913 to bring Owens Valley water to the city. During the 1920s, the...
Legislation--California; Water-supply--California--Owens Valley; Water-supply--California--Management; Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.); Bombings; Banks and banking; Watterson, W. W.; Actions and defenses; Owens Valley (Calif.)--Social conditions; Advertising; Water-supply--California--Management; Big Pine (Calif.)--History; Water...
The Big Pine Citizen was the weekly newspaper of Big Pine, a town in the northern Owens Valley of the California Sierras. The newspaper expressed the viewpoint of Big Pine residents on Los Angeles' control of the Owens Valley water supply during...
