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  • Zoot Suit Riots
    • Introduction
    • Native and Spanish
    • Mexico and United States
    • Refugees and Barrios
    • Repatriation and Braceros
    • Jazz and Zoot Suits
    • Sleepy Lagoon and Police
    • The Trial and The Press
    • The Riots
    • Aftermath and Blame
    • SLDC and Release
    • Post-War Changes
    • Chicano Movement and Zoot Suit Play
    • Global Connections
    • Timeline & Biographies
    • Conclusion
  • LA Playlist
  • Kids Club
  • Special Teams
    • Tour Guides
    • Making LAMoG: Behind the Scenes Exhibit
    • Giant 3D Collage
    • Performance
  • Museum Store
  • Old Exhibits
    • Then and Now
    • The Los Angeles River
    • Wattstax
    • Memory and Mapping
    • The California Water Wars
    • Neighborhood Time Travel
    • Mulholland: The Musical
    • Fall 2020 Documentary
    • Fall 2020 Kids Club
    • Fall 2020 Arts
  • Zoot Suit Riots
    • Introduction
    • Native and Spanish
    • Mexico and United States
    • Refugees and Barrios
    • Repatriation and Braceros
    • Jazz and Zoot Suits
    • Sleepy Lagoon and Police
    • The Trial and The Press
    • The Riots
    • Aftermath and Blame
    • SLDC and Release
    • Post-War Changes
    • Chicano Movement and Zoot Suit Play
    • Global Connections
    • Timeline & Biographies
    • Conclusion
  • LA Playlist
  • Kids Club
  • Special Teams
    • Tour Guides
    • Making LAMoG: Behind the Scenes Exhibit
    • Giant 3D Collage
    • Performance
  • Museum Store
  • Old Exhibits
    • Then and Now
    • The Los Angeles River
    • Wattstax
    • Memory and Mapping
    • The California Water Wars
    • Neighborhood Time Travel
    • Mulholland: The Musical
    • Fall 2020 Documentary
    • Fall 2020 Kids Club
    • Fall 2020 Arts
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INTRODUCTION

     The story of water in Los Angeles is a story of deceit, ambition, and treachery. Many individuals such as William Mulholland, Fred Eaton, and members of LADWP contributed to the successes and failures of Los Angeles.  These include irrigating Los Angeles with water from hundreds of miles away as well as causing the collapse of the one week old St. Francis Dam, which devastated many in the community and caused hundreds of deaths. We hope you can experience The California Water Wars as if you were there when they happened, with the conflicts between Los Angeles, the Owens Valley, and the Paiute Tribe. This exhibit expresses the shortage, surplus, and irrigation of water in Los Angeles through immersive and interactive exhibits, pictures, and text blocks. We hope that at least a small part of this exhibit can teach you something new or interesting that you don't already know about the city of Los Angeles. 

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The Tongva and Paiute
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Mulholland and Eaton

Mulholland and Eaton Part 2

The Growing City

The Owens Valley

Newspapers and Scandal

Building the Aqueduct

The Times Bombing

Opening Ceremony

Global Connections 1

Beginnings of the Water Wars

Battles of the Water Wars

End of the Water Wars

Causes of the St. Francis Dam Collapse

Stories of the St. Francis Dam Disaster

Aftermath of the Disaster

Global Connections 2

Water and Power Today


Conclusion
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