California Water Wars - “There It Is—Take It” | 3

American History Tellers

Wondery

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, History, Education For Kids

4.7 • 18.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

By 1912, the Los Angeles aqueduct project was nearing completion. But as it approached the finish line, fears were growing among the public of a vast conspiracy, fanned by socialist Job Harriman. With the formation of the Aqueduct Investigation Board, engineer William Mulholland found his methods and his purpose suddenly under a microscope. Land deals from nearly a decade ago would threaten to derail the entire project, just a year shy of its completion.

As the roaring Twenties loomed, Los Angeles would grow exponentially. But far north, in Inyo County, the ranchers whose water had been taken from them were gearing up for the first of many retaliations.

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0:00.0	Hey, prime members, you can listen to American History Tellers add free on Amazon Music,
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0:09.0	Imagine this 1912, and you're writing a streetcar through the crowded streets of Los Angeles.
0:23.0	You're a printer by trade, and you've just left your office, one of the few shops in
0:27.0	Los Angeles that still follows union practices.
0:30.0	He's getting near impossible to keep a job in this city, and the union is all you've got.
0:34.5	But with every day that goes by, powers of the city's capitalists get stronger and stronger.
0:39.9	Oliver Avenue!
0:43.2	You climbed down the steps from the streetcar and hurried to the home of your friend, Job.
0:47.5	Job Harryman.
0:48.9	He's been depressed since his failed mayoral campaign, but you found something that might
0:52.8	rally his spirits.
0:55.9	Job doesn't keep his door locked.
0:57.6	A small sign next to it reads, Property is theft.
1:00.8	Come on in.
1:02.3	So you walk straight into a small house without knocking.
1:04.9	That's it.
1:05.9	It's me, listen, I want you to take a look at something.
1:09.4	Job?
1:10.4	We take in the sad state of Job's house.
1:13.0	Coffee cops and old campaign flyers are scattered everywhere.
1:16.5	Handscrawled notes and newspaper clippings have been pinned to a wall.
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