Owens Valley Jane Wehrey

Owens Valley

Author: Jane Wehrey
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Book Title
Owens Valley
Author
Jane Wehrey
ISBN
9781531664770
The Owens Valley is a bold and beautiful land where rugged alpine peaks tower over the deep trough of high desert that John Muir called "a country of wonderful contrasts." Inhabiting a rich and complex past are native people, miners, cattlemen, farmers, and city builders who laid claim, often violently, to its resources. By 1913, Owens River water was flowing south through the Los Angeles Aqueduct, and from the long and bitter conflicts that followed emerged an Owens Valley future far removed from the agrarian Eden envisioned by 19th-century pioneers. Today, unparalleled recreational opportunities draw millions of visitors annually to this "long brown land" even as reminders of a quintessential Western past linger in its open vistas, epic landscape, and enduring traditions.Binding Type: HardcoverAuthor: Jane WehreyPublisher: Arcadia Publishing Library EditionsPublished: 01/21/2013ISBN: 9781531664770Pages: 130Weight: 0.91lbsSize: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.38d
The Owens Valley is a bold and beautiful land where rugged alpine peaks tower over the deep trough of high desert that John Muir called "a country of wonderful contrasts." Inhabiting a rich and complex past are native people, miners, cattlemen, farmers, and city builders who laid claim, often violently, to its resources. By 1913, Owens River water was flowing south through the Los Angeles Aqueduct, and from the long and bitter conflicts that followed emerged an Owens Valley future far removed from the agrarian Eden envisioned by 19th-century pioneers. Today, unparalleled recreational opportunities draw millions of visitors annually to this "long brown land" even as reminders of a quintessential Western past linger in its open vistas, epic landscape, and enduring traditions.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Jane Wehrey
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
Published: 01/21/2013
ISBN: 9781531664770
Pages: 130
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.38d
The Owens Valley is a bold and beautiful land where rugged alpine peaks tower over the deep trough of high desert that John Muir called "a country of wonderful contrasts." Inhabiting a rich and complex past are native people, miners, cattlemen, farmers, and city builders who laid claim, often violently, to its resources. By 1913, Owens River water was flowing south through the Los Angeles Aqueduct, and from the long and bitter conflicts that followed emerged an Owens Valley future far removed from the agrarian Eden envisioned by 19th-century pioneers. Today, unparalleled recreational opportunities draw millions of visitors annually to this "long brown land" even as reminders of a quintessential Western past linger in its open vistas, epic landscape, and enduring traditions.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Jane Wehrey
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
Published: 01/21/2013
ISBN: 9781531664770
Pages: 130
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.38d