"Muholland's Dream" Video Assignment (10 pts)
You will be graded on the completeness of your responses based on knowledge learned from the video and on your own research if needed. Keep your answers succinct yet complete.
1. In the 19th century, what was the primary source of water
in Los Angeles?
2. Where was William Muholland looking in the fall of 1904, and why was this one of the most "dramatic places in the world"?
3. Why did insiders and real estate tycoons surreptitiously buy up the San Fernando Valley prior to the L.A. Aqueduct, an apparently worthless semi-arid land? (Elaborate on it's development based on stories and facts from the video.)
4. What did William Muholland mean by "We're doomed for success."
5. How did Owen's Valley change?
6. What did locals (in the Owen's Valley) do in response?
7. What event in 1928 killed as many people as the San Francisco earthquake, which led to Muholland's shame and ultimate disgrace?
8. By 1966, Los Angeles had acquired it's third (3rd) river. What river was it?
9. What was at stake with saving Mono Lake?
10. How did a small group of biologist stop Los Angeles from diverting more water from Mono Lake?