tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633816278415014207.post3044652902779357366..comments2024-03-25T04:53:09.576-07:00Comments on Big Orange Landmarks: No. 152 - Faith Bible ChurchFloyd B. Bariscalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08865316405393661242noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633816278415014207.post-33336700777589795092008-06-18T11:17:00.000-07:002008-06-18T11:17:00.000-07:00No way! Soooo interesting. Love this stuff. :)No way! Soooo interesting. Love this stuff. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633816278415014207.post-39003607724414860892008-06-16T18:44:00.000-07:002008-06-16T18:44:00.000-07:00What's more, Honeywoney, is Hubbard went on to bec...What's more, Honeywoney, is Hubbard went on to become a member of L.A.'s Aqueduct Board in 1914, doing his best to help promote the Valley's annexing to the city. Most of the Valley did the following year. Of course, getting that Owens River water was the big selling point with Valley voters.Floyd B. Bariscalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08865316405393661242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633816278415014207.post-30165341400576843082008-06-16T11:49:00.000-07:002008-06-16T11:49:00.000-07:00This paragraph: "Just before the subdividing bega...This paragraph: <BR/>"Just before the subdividing began, though, Wright’s wife, Emily Vose Wright, named the development “Zelzah”, “watering place in the desert”, a biblical oasis. Just a few years earlier, what would be Zelzah had become the only Valley stopping point on the Southern Pacific Railroad line on this side of the newly blown out Chatsworth Tunnel. In May 1915, residents voted to annex a chunk of the Valley – including Zelzah – to the city of Los Angeles."<BR/><BR/>Caused me to think of the Los Angeles Water Wars - and how ironic that Emily Wright's naming was as a "watering place in the desert!" That vote to annex a chunk of the north valley to the city of L.A. benefitted from the Owens Valley Water Aqueduct, yes?<BR/><BR/>It's all connected... :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com