San Francisquito Canyon and the St. Francis Dam See Also HARRY CAREY RANCH Driving Directions to the St. Francis Dam Site Report on St. Francis Dam Flood · Newhall Land & Farming Co., 3-24-1928     •Extensive report & photos of damage in the Santa Clarita Valley. St. Francis: Death & Disability Claims & Claimants (NAMES) · 7-15-1929 The Rise and Fall of William Mulholland by Alan Pollack, 11-2007. St. Francis Dam Disaster: Victims and Heroes by Alan Pollack, 03-2008. St. Francis Dam: Too Big Not to Fail by Alan Pollack, 03-2010. Owens River Water Rights Obtained for Los Angeles Aqueduct · Los Angeles Daily Times, 07-29-1905 Los Angeles Aqueduct Opening Ceremonies · Los Angeles Times, 11-6-1913 Ruiz-Perea Family Cemetery: A Census Grave Markers Transcribed by Karen Murray · April 2001 Strange Happenings At Ruiz Cemetery by Leon Worden · The Signal, May 1996 Historic Headlines: Remembering the St. Francis Dam Disaster by Michele E. Buttelman · The Signal, 3-11-2001 Story of a St. Francis Dam Survivor by Lauren Grokett · For The Signal Zone, 11-23-2001 City, Survivors to Mark Deadly '28 Dam Break by Suzie St. John · Los Angeles Times, 2-9-2003 Avalanche of Water Left Death, Ruin in Its Wake by Cecilia Rasmussen · Los Angeles Times, 2-16-2003 Hart-Earp Letters Discuss Dam Disaster by Truman Rex Fisher · Letter, Los Angeles Times, 2-15-2003 Bill Hart and the Little Dam Victim by Leon Worden · The Signal, 5-17-2003 Ivan Dorset Remembers the St. Francis Dam Disaster by Leon Worden · The Signal, 2-26-2003 Survivors Remember St. Francis Dam Tragedy by Pearl Obispo · The Signal, 3-17-2003 St. Francis Dam Disaster Poem by Ron Pinkerton · 7-16-1979 The St. Francis Dam Break · Lyrics by Dan DeVere & Jane Williams · 3-9-2003 St. Francis Dam: One Family's Ordeal · by David Desmond · Gazette, July-August 2006. LW2282 - Major Gordon's Stage Staion (est. 1859) and 1936 HABS Report & Drawings (Multiple Views). LW2154 - Ruiz Cemetery Headstones & Census (19 Images). TS1915 - Graves of Ramon & Antonia Perea. Color photograph, 3-2002. AP2319 - Raggio Ranch, 1887. 88K. GR0811 - San Francisquito Canyon, 1893. 62K. GR0812 - Gold Mining on the LeBrun Ranch, 1890s. 62K. AP2320 - Power House No. 1, c. 1910. 77K. AL1913 - Invitation to Opening Ceremony, Owens Valley-Los Angeles Aqueduct, November 5, 1913. AL1951 - Los Angeles Aqueduct, Opening Ceremonies, November 5, 1913 (7 Views). AL1915 - Los Angeles Aqueduct Cascades, 1915. 190K. AL1918 - Terminus of the Los Angeles Aqueduct, March, 1918. LW2054 - William Mulholland, Civil Engineer & St. Francis Dam Builder LW2206 - William Mulholland, Civil Engineer & St. Francis Dam Builder AP2329 - St. Francis Dam Under Construction, ca. 1924. AL3034 - St. Francis Dam Under Construction, ca. 1925. AP2330 - St. Francis Dam Under Construction, 1924-1926. 101K. AP2331 - St. Francis Dam Under Construction, 1924-1926. 78K. LW2081 - St. Francis Dam Under Construction, 1924-1926. 83K. AL3024 - St. Francis Dam Under Construction, 1924-1926. AP2332 - St. Francis Dam With Water in Reservoir, May 1926-March 1928. 130K. MF2601 - Walking Across Top of St. Francis Dam, 1926-1928. 31K. HS2809 - St. Francis Dam Shortly Before Its Collapse. 156K. AL2024 - St. Francis Dam Before the Break, circa March, 1928. 160K. HS2808 - (Formerly) Last Photo of the St. Francis Dam Intact, 3-9-1928. 139K. GM1928 - (Even Later) Last Photo of the St. Francis Dam Intact, 3-11-1928. SP0000 - Dam & Power House Before & After Failure, 1926-1928 (20 Views). WS2801 - Cleanup at Power House No. 2, March 1928 (Oversized). CG2801 - St. Francis Dam Disaster, Photos shot March 13, 1928 (10 Views). AP2333 - St. Francis Dam Failure, March 1928. 93K. AL3029 - St. Francis Dam Failure, Inspecting Ruins of the Dam, March 1928. AL3030 - St. Francis Dam Failure, Ruins of the Dam, March 1928. LW2179 - St. Francis Dam Failure, Aerial View, March 1928. AL3028 - St. Francis Dam Failure, Aerial View, March 1928. HS2810 - St. Francis Dam: West Abutment. 145K. WS2802 - Empty Reservoir, March 1928 (Oversized). GR0840 - St. Francis Dam Floodpath, 1928. 89K. WF2800 - St. Francis Dam Disaster, 6 Contemporary Photo Postcards, 1928. AL2020 - St. Francis Dam Disaster, Castaic Bridge Wreckage, March 1928. 135K. AL2021 - St. Francis Dam Disaster, Flood Victims Crossing River, March 1928. 177K. AL2022 - St. Francis Dam Disaster, Rescue Party, March 1928. 178K. AL2023 - St. Francis Dam Disaster, Search Party, March 1928. 189K. LW2207 - St. Francis Dam Wreckage, March 1928. HS2801 - St. Francis Dam Wreckage (Car), March 1928. 85K. HS2802 - St. Francis Dam Wreckage (Car), March 1928. 70K. HS2803 - St. Francis Dam Wreckage (Home), March 1928. 66K. HS2804 - St. Francis Dam Wreckage (Vehicle), March 1928. 75K. HS2805 - St. Francis Dam Wreckage, March 1928. 74K. HS2806 - St. Francis Dam Wreckage, March 1928. 73K. HS2807 - St. Francis Dam Wreckage (Vehicles), March 1928. 72K. AL3043a - St. Francis Flood Damage, Santa Paula, March 1928. AL3043b - St. Francis Flood Damage, Santa Paula, March 1928. AP0115 - St. Francis Dam Hero, 1928. 66K. HS9022 - Dam victims' bodies fill Newhall's Masonic hall, March 1928. LW2055 - Wm. Mulholland & Harvey Van Norman Inspect St. Francis Dam Wreckage, 3-15-1928. LW2077 - William S. Hart at Ruiz Cemetery, March 1928. 102K. ID2101 - Lyman & Lillian Curtis, St. Francis Dam Victims, 1921. ID2101 - Marjorie, Mazie & Danny Curtis, St. Francis Dam Victims, ca. 1928. LW2244 - Graves of Gottardi Family, St. Francis Dam Victims (mother & five children), d. 3-13-1928. ES1928 - St. Francis Dam Disaster, Photos shot April 8, 1928 (11 Views). AL3042 - St. Francis Dam Failure, Real Photo Postcard, Ruins of the Dam, April 13, 1928. HS7029 - Billboard for 1928 Dam Movie, 85K. DJ2801 - Rebuilding Power Plant No. 2 After St. Francis Disaster, 1928. RJ1000 - Raggio Ranch, c. 1940s. 90K. RJ1010 - Raggio Ranch, c. 1940s. 60K. AP2321 - The Gold Bowl, 1963. 56K. AP2322 - The Gold Bowl, 1963. 65K. HS0101 - St. Francis Dam Site, January 2001. 231K. LW2100a - St. Francis Dam: Wing Dyke Ruins (2 Views), 3-11-2001. LW2100c - St. Francis Dam: Ruins at Base, 3-11-2001. 127K. TS1964 - Harry S. Chacanaca's Grave Marker, 3-2002. LW060502 - Ruiz Cemetery Smolders in Fire (10 Images), 6-5-2002.

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