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List of Figures

1.1 Map of the route of the St. Francis Dam flood (Baker 1963)…………………………7

2.1 Manuscript map showing the Zanja Madre running through the Los Angeles, drawn
by cartographer William Moore in 1868 (Water and Power Associates 2014)……...16

2.2 Map of the Owens Valley – Los Angeles Aqueduct. (LADWP 2014)………………21

2.3 Condition of the St. Francis Dam, March 12, 1928, based on verbal descriptions
and photographs (Rogers 1995:34, 39)………………………………………………26

2.4 Diseno Map of Rancho San Francisco circa 1843
(Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society 2014)………………………………………27

2.5 Speed of the floodwaters, distance from the dam, and time the flood arrived at each
community along the flood zone (Adapted from Nichols 2002:6)…………………..30

2.6 Aerial photograph of the flood aftermath at the Power Plant No. 2 community,
with an overlay illustrating the locations of the power plant, clubhouse, school, and
workers cottages (Adapted from Buttelman 2013)…………………………………..31

2.7 Properties in San Francisquito Canyon below the Power Plant No. 2 community;
(a) Sections 15 and 22 and (b) Sections 27 and 34. (Claims Records 1928-1929:
File No. 810)…………………………………………………………………………33

2.8 Mass funeral at Santa Paula Cemetery, March 19, 1928.
(Claims Records 1928-1929: WP 19-28-7)………………………………………….39

4.1 Claim Record of Jesus Torres (Claims Records 1928-1929: Torres #2264)………...68

4.2 (a) Burial permit for victim Leona Johnson and (b) interment record of Unknown
Victim #21. (Claims Records 1928-1929: 2205; WP 19-18-04)…………………….69

5.1 Ruins of the St. Francis Dam (a) view NE from abandoned section of San
Francisquito Road and (b) view NW from Forest Hwy 6N21
(Photos by author, 2013)……………………………………………………………..92

5.2 Upstream view of the remains of the St. Francis Dam, March 1928, illustrating
the “tombstone.” (C.H Lee Collection, U.C. Water Resources Center Archives,
Berkeley, colorized by P. Horton)…………………………………………………...93

5.3 Photos of the dedication ceremony for a plaque placed in 1978 at the St. Francis
Dam site. (Newhall Signal, 24 May 1978)…………………………………………..94

5.4 Cross observed at St. Francis Dam ruins, March 10, 2012.

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