William Mulholland and the Rise of Los Angeles

Catherine Mulholland

List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. The Long Journey from Dublin to Los Angeles, 1855-1876
2. The City of Angels, 1877
3. The Private Water Company and Its Owners, 1878-1879
4. Advancing in the Water Business, 1880-1886
5. The New Superintendent, 1887-1892
6. Water Plots and Politics, 1893-1895
7. The Years of Mayor Eaton, 1898-1900
8. The City's Victory over the "Grand Monopoly," 1901-1902
9. New Regime for a Booming Town, 1903-1904
10. Desperate Remedies in a Dry Season, 1904
11. A Plan Revealed, 1905
12. Preparations for an Aqueduct and a Trip to Washington, D.C., 1906
13. The Big Job Begins, 1907
14. The Chief and the General, 1908
15. Building the Aqueduct: The Best Year, 1909
16. Troubles and Interruptions, 1910
17. Aqueduct Progress and Political Fireworks, 1911
18. The Investigation, 1912
19. The Completion of the Aqueduct, 1913
20. After the Aqueduct, 1914-1919
21. A Stormy Decade Begins, 1920-1923
22. Boulder Dam and Dynamite, 1924
23. More Dynamite, 1925-1927
24. The Saint Francis Dam Disaster and After, 1928-1935
Afterword
Notes
Bibliography
Index