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5.21 Grave of Motoye Myachi at Japanese Cemetery in Port Hueneme
(Photo by author, 2014)…………………………………………………………….124

5.22 The graves of four flood victims in out-of-state cemeteries (Photos courtesy of
findagrave.com, 2012-2013)………………………………………………………..126

5.23 St. Francis Dam Break exhibit, at the Tesoro Adobe Historic Park.
(Photo by Julee Licon, 2013)……………………………………………………….127

5.24 The Saugus Community Club Plaque, donated to the Santa Clarita Valley
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Historical Society in 1978, at the 50 Anniversary Survivors Reunion. (Photo
provided by Don Ray, 1978)……………………………..…………………………129

5.25 Bell from the Bee Schoolhouse in San Francisquito Canyon, which currently
hangs in the tower at the Newhall Metrolink Station (Photo by Leon Worden,
1998)………………………………………………………………………………..130

5.26 Small St. Francis Disaster display at the Valencia Car Wash
(Photo by Thalia Ryder, 2013)……………………………………………………..131

5.27 St. Francis Dam Disaster exhibit at the Fillmore Historical Museum. (Photo by
author, 2013………………………………………………………………………...132

5.28 The Cruz Azul Scrapbook, owned by Craig Held. (Photo by author, 2013)………133

5.29 Pictorial timeline created by John Nichols for the exhibit Dam Break: Heroes
and Survivors (Ventura County Star, 1998)………………………………………..134

5.30 Bernie Isensee panorama images of the St. Francis Dam Disaster on display at
the Watershed Protection District Office. (Photo by author, 2013………………....136

5.31 (a) Front and (b) back of the Medal of Meritorious Service presented to Thornton
Edwards (Photos courtesy of Terry Foley 2014........................................................137

5.32 (a) Medal awarded to Louis River for heroism and (b) Carolyn (Chivvis) Van
Laar, holding the medal awarded to her family’s dog (SCVHS 2014; Ventura
County Star 1978)…………………………………………………………………..138

5.33 (a) The St. Francis Dam Flood Disaster and (b) A Doll on a Pile of Debris, two poems
published in local newspapers just after the disaster (SPC, 02 April 1928:3; FA, 29
March 1928:6)………………………………………………………………………141

5.34 Lyrics and translation of the Spanish corrido, El Corrido de la Inundacion de la
Presa de San Francisquito, written by Sr. Juan Encinas (Lomax-Hawes 1974:223-
225)…………………………………………………………………………………144

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