Manuscripts

Papers related to the development of Pinto Basin, California

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Description: This group of items is made up of correspondence and documents related to real estate development of Pinto Basin, Riverside County, California by the following companies: Lake County Development Syndicate, Inc., Security Land Corporation, and Pinto Basin Mutual Water Company. The letters announce stockholder meetings, give news of the development and the search for water in the area, as well as discuss a lawsuit against Security Land Corporation by Pinto Basin Mutual Water Company over money owed to them. Also included are stock certificates, a prospectus for Pinto Basin development and a plat of Pinto Basin. Many of the letters and documents belonged to shareholders Frank Smith, Florence Smith, and William Smith of Alhambra, California.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1924-1932.
Call number: mssHM 68351-68366
Provenance: Gift of Mrs. Robert Earle, July 1988.
Associated organizations: Lake County Development Syndicate, Inc.

A History of Escondido and Its Water and Power Development

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A history of Escondido, California, focusing on irrigation attempts and the development of hydro-electric energy. Describes power development and various attempts to build water reservoirs and dams by the San Luis Rey Flume Company, Escondido Mutual Water Company, Escondido Irrigation District, and the Escondido Utilities Company. Emphasizes disputes with neighboring cities and counties and legal battles over water supply.

mssHM 72274

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Raymond Basin Litigation

Manuscripts

Correspondence, memoranda and notes on computation of water supply, draft and overdraft on the Raymond Basin.

mssMorris, Samuel papers

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5. Owens River Valley and Mono Lake Basin, California, [n.d.] (1 piece)

Manuscripts

The collection consists of correspondence, documents, maps, reports, publications, and clippings related to land tenure and water use in and around Mono County (including Mono Basin, Mono Lake, Lee Vining Creek and Rush Creek), Inyo County, and Los Angeles, California.

mssClover

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4. Great Basin

Manuscripts

mssClover

Big Creek Initial Development

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Brochure "Big Creek Initial Development" (1914) - Pacific Light & Power Corporation - Booklet (8x10) with colorized, panoramic photos, maps, text and illustrations describing the proposed development of hydroelectric power from Big Creek and the San Joaquin River. The initial project includes four dams, two tunnels, two powerhouses, two 240 mile transmission lines, one substation and a 56 mile railroad to the project. A letter written in 1982 by Mrs. Bernell Smith who lived on the project as a child is included with this brochure. In the letter she talks about the primitive housing and how much fun she had living there

photCL SCE 13 - vol 170

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2. Interstate Development Company. Descriptive Booklet on Mono County, California. Los Angeles, Calif.: Interstate Development Company, [n.d.] (2 pieces)

Manuscripts

mssClover

Papers related to the development of Pinto Basin, California

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