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Big Pine Citizen, August 27, 1927
Banks and banking; Watterson, W. W.; Actions and defenses; Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce; Owens Valley (Calif.)--Social conditions; Advertising; Water-supply--California--Management; Big Pine (Calif.)--History; Water rights--California--Owens...
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...
Big Pine Citizen Newspaper Collection

Letter from Big Pine Property Owners Association to Clearing House Association of City of Los Angeles
Big Pine Property Owners Association; Clearing House Association of the City of Los Angeles; Los Angeles (Calif.). Department of Water and Power; Watterson, W. W.; 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...
J. D. Black Papers

John Black Family
Black, John; Black, Rose; Black, J. D. (John David), 1893-1960; Black, Rosalind; Black Family;
The family of John Black (seated); wife Rose seated; children Rosalind and J. D. behind their parents. Inscription on top of photograph: "The Black Family." Names of persons in photograph inscribed on bottom of photograph by J. D. Black: "Father...
America's West

Big Pine Citizen, November 5, 1927
Inyo County Bank; Banks and banking; Watterson, W. W.; Actions and defenses; Mineral industries; 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...
Big Pine Citizen Newspaper Collection

Big Pine Citizen, August 20, 1927
Inyo County Bank; Banks and banking; Watterson, W. W.; Actions and defenses; Owens Valley (Calif.)--Social conditions; Advertising; Water-supply--California--Management; Big Pine (Calif.)--History; Water rights--California--Owens Valley; 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...
Big Pine Citizen Newspaper Collection

Big Pine Citizen, September 10, 1927
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...
Big Pine Citizen Newspaper Collection

Occupation of the Alabama Gates, Los Angeles Aqueduct, Owens Valley, California
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power;
Parked automobiles of Owens Valley residents (described as "ranchers") during their occupation of the Alabama Gates, of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. In right background is spillway of the Gates. Majority of persons occupying the Alabama Gates to the...
America's West

Occupation of the Alabama Gates, Los Angeles Aqueduct, Owens Valley, California
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power;
Band of musicians in front of Alabama Gates of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. Children surround musicians. Western star Tom Mix, shooting a movie in the nearby Alabama Hills, supposedly sent a band to the Gates in support of the occupiers. ...
America's West

Occupation of the Alabama Gates, Los Angeles Aqueduct, Owens Valley, California
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power;
Owens Valley residents eating at the Alabama Gates of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. This photograph may record either the barbecue held the final day of the occupation (20 November 1924) or else the meals that wives of the occupiers served. The low...
America's West

Occupation of the Alabama Gates, Los Angeles Aqueduct, Owens Valley, California
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power;
Group of ranchers holding the Alabama Gates of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. Photographer's inscription in lower middle of photograph: "Bishop Ranchers in Possession of LA Water Supply Nov. 16-20, 1924." Title supplied by cataloger.
America's West

Occupation of the Alabama Gates, Los Angeles Aqueduct, Owens Valley, California
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power;
Owens Valley residents, including men and women, during their occupation of the Alabama Gates, of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. Photographer's inscription on lower right of photograph: "Army of Occupation L. A. Aqueduct." In lower left corner is...
America's West

Occupation of the Alabama Gates, Los Angeles Aqueduct, Owens Valley, California
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power;
Owens Valley residents' occupation of the Alabama Gates, of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. Occupiers gathered between bridge over aqueduct and shack. Flag flying over shack. Aqueduct still has water, indicating that this photograph was taken during an...
America's West

Occupation of the Alabama Gates, Los Angeles Aqueduct, Owens Valley, California
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power;
Bishop, California ranchers releasing water from the Alabama Gates of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. This photograph may have been taken during the initial stages of the occupation since the water is flowing strongly. Photographer's inscription at...
America's West

Occupation of the Alabama Gates, Los Angeles Aqueduct, Owens Valley, California
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power;
Owens Valley residents, including men and women, during their occupation of the Alabama Gates, of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. Aqueduct in foreground. Bridge over aqueduct. Telephone poles visible. Photographer's inscription on front of photograph:...
America's West

Occupation of the Alabama Gates, Los Angeles Aqueduct, Owens Valley, California
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power;
If I am not on the JOB, You can find me at the AQUEDUCT was the rallying cry for the people of Bishop, California, during their occupation of the Alabama Gates of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. The slogan was posted in Bishop to inform persons where the...
America's West

Occupation of the Alabama Gates, Los Angeles Aqueduct, Owens Valley, California
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power;
Owens Valley residents, including men and women, during their occupation of the Alabama Gates, of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. Bridge over canal. Shack by bridge. Photographer's inscription in lower left corner: "Army of Occupation L. A. Aqueduct." ...
America's West

Occupation of the Alabama Gates, Los Angeles Aqueduct, Owens Valley, California
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power;
Owens Valley residents, including men and women, eating during their occupation of the Alabama Gates, of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. This photograph may record either the barbecue held the final day of the occupation (20 November 1924) or else the...
America's West

Big Pine Reparations Association membership and assignment contract agreement with Harry Watterson
Membership; Reparations; Claims; Big Pine Reparations Association; 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...
J. D. Black Papers

Letter from Big Pine Property Owners Association to W. W. Watterson
Reparations; Legislation--California; Black, J. D. (John David), 1893-1960; Big Pine Property Owners Association; Watterson, W. W.; Inyo County Bank; Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles
Big Pine Property Owners Association (BPPOA) was established to represent the property interests of Big Pine residents, and the organization held its first meeting on December 8, 1924. A. G. Barmore, editor and owner of the Big Pine Citizen, served...
J. D. Black Papers

Letter from M. Q. Watterson to J. D. Black
Reparations; Legislation--California; Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles; Black, J. D. (John David), 1893-1960; Hartfore Fire Insurance Company; Watterson, M. Q.; Inyo County Bank
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...
J. D. Black Papers

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