a group of about 70 unarmed men took over an aqueduct spillway and control gates north of Lone Pine and began releasing all the water back into the dry channel of the Owens River. That act ...

In 1913, spectators at the grand opening of the L.A. Aqueduct received a commemorative bottle of water fresh from Owens Valley. Today and tomorrow, you can get another. Designed by William ...

In 1922, William Mulholland began building the St. Francis Dam to create a reservoir for the Los Angeles–Owens River aqueduct. To meet the growing water needs of Los Angeles, he decided to ...