“It’s at the turn of the century from 1905 to about 1915. It’s sort of her own story but also about the Owens River Valley and the eventual stealing of the water of the Owens River to hydrate a giant Metropolitan city named Los Angeles. LA had already outgrown the LA river quite quickly and started looking for other sources. I just started reading this in the past few years especially with the droughts we’ve been facing. I learned how William Mullholand built an aqueduct from LA all the way up to the Owens River Valley, over 230 miles. Took all their water. When the city outgrew that, LA started building to the Colorado River and tapping into that. That’s the only way this place exists. The water they capture from outside sources. It’s a fools mission to decide to build in a place that is missing one of the three ingredients for living, especially water. Most city centers are next to a sustaining river except for this place.”
