Arman Vatanpur

CALIFORNIA: A HISTORY

• California originally entered history as a mythIn

• 1510, the Spanish writer Garci Ordonez de Montalvowrote a sequel to his novel about the people known as the Californians who were black Amazons under the command of Queen Calafia who were at war with people from Constantinople

• They were described as having weapons that were even made out of gold

QUEEN CALAFIA’S ISLAND: PLACE AND FIRST PEOPLE

It was built as a connection between the Atlantic and Pacific

Ocean.

Before the dam was constructed, cargo ships

needed to travel around the South American continent to

reach their Pacific Ocean destinations. The canal was

built as a shortcut.

The construction of the canal was one of the largest civil

engineering projects in history.

THE PANAMA CANAL

In order to support the growing population, massive amounts of

water needed to reach the cities.

A technologically innovative system of dams and aqueducts was created to bring the water to the people.

William Mulholland began his life as an American immigrant digging ditches and other manual labor.

He was hired by the newly founded Los Angeles Water Company, and

went on to become became superintendent of the L.A. water

system and later the head of the Los Angeles Department of Water and

Power.

LOS ANGELES AQUEDUCT