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Books Available on this Website

• A Study of the Geography the Geology the Floristics and the Ecology of a Desert Basin
• All-American Canal in Imperial Valley Calif
• California A History
• Civil War
• Colossus Hoover Dam and the Making of the American Century
• Compilation of Flood Data
• Desert Magazine – He Planned to Change the Desert Climate
• Desert Magazine He Planned to Change the Desert Climate
• Destructive Flood in the United States
• First Decade in Imperial Valley
• History of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
• IID First Forty Years
• Irrigation in Imperial Valley California Its Problems and Possibilities
• Journal of the American Geographical Society New York – Vol 23
• Mexican American War
• Out West Magazine Volume XXIV
• Overland Monthly Volume X The Colorado Desert
• Pacific Railroads in Congress 1877 and 1878
• Popular Science Monthly Volume 70 – The Possibilities of Salton Sea
• Recognition on Space Photographs
• Report of a Geological Reconnaissance in California
• Report on Irrigation from the Colorado River
• Report on the Irrigation of Lands in CA and Mexico from CO River
• Sessional Papers of the Provice of Ontario
• Statement of C R Rockwood
• The Calexico Chronicle – Second Annual Magazine Edition – Born of the Desert
• The Construction of the Southern Pacific Railroad
• The First Thirty Years History of the Imperial Valley
• The History and Mystery of Arizona
• The History of Imperial County California
• The Imperial Valley and the Salton Sink
• The National Geographic Magazine and Illustrated Monthly Vol XVIII
• The North Shore Beach Story from The Los Angeles Times
• The Overflow of Colorado River into Salton Basin
• The Saline Deposits of California
• The Salton Sea – An Accounting of Harriman’s Fight with the Colorado River
• The Salton Sea – Geology History Potential Problems etc of an Unnatural Desert Salt Lake
• The Story of the First Decade in Imperial Valley
• USGS Bulletin 845
• Water and Territory Contentious Waters

Books Available from Other Websites

• Report on Irrigation from the Colorado River Below Yuma Arizona by Pumping VS Gravity Canals by Jas D Schuyler – 1901
• Report on the Irrigation of Lands in California and Mexico from the Colorado River by James D Schuyler – 1906
•  The Salton Sea Menace by Edwin Duryea Jr. from Out West Magazine Vol XXIV, No 1 – Jan 1906
• Destructive Floods in the United States in 1905 by Edward Charles Murphy – 1906Statement of C R Rockwood – In the Matter of the Liability of the California Development Company for the Flooding of Salton Basin by Charles Rockwood – 1907
• The Overflow of Colorado River into Salton Basin by James D Schuyler – 1907
• The Possibilities of Salton Sea from Popular Science Monthly – Volume 70 by Charles Alma Byers – 1907
• Irrigation in Imperial Valley California Its Problems and Possibilities by C. E. Tait – 1908
• Born of the Desert – Imperial Valley in Its Making, not a Dream; A Brief History of the California Development Company by Charles Rockwood – from The Calexico Chronicle Second Annual Magazine Edition – May 1909
• The Story of the First Decade in Imperial Valley, California by Edgar F. Howe and Wilbur Jay Hall – 1910
• The Salton Sea – A Study of the Geography the Geology the Floristics and the Ecology of a Desert Basin by DT MacDougal – 1914
• The Imperial Valley and the Salton Sink by Harry Thomas Cory with Introductory Monograph by William Phipps Blake – 1915
• The Salton Sea – An Accounting of Harriman’s Fight with the Colorado River by George Kennan – 1917
• The History of Imperial County California edited by Finnis C. Farr – 1918
• The First Thirty Years 1901 – 1931 – An Accounting of the Principal Events in the History of Imperial Valley, Southern California, U.S.A. by Otis B. Tout – 1931
• Imperial Irrigation District – The First 40 Years by M. J. Dowd – 1956
• Colossus: Hoover Dam and the Making of the American Century by Michael Hiltzik – 2010
• Water and Territory – Contentious Waters – The Dispute Over the Colorado River (1904 – 1961)  by Aidé Grijalva – 2014

 

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Ancient History

Colorado Desert Region of Southern California and Northwestern Mexico – 1024	Evaporation and Rebirth of Lake Cahuilla
Lake Cahuilla – 1024	Life-of-the-Salton-Sea-The-Salton-Sea-located-in-Southern-California-USA-2K
Names of the Salton Sea – The Salton Sea Viewed from Apollo 9 Spacecraft – 1K	Names of the Salton Sea – The Salton Sea Viewed from Apollo 9 Spacecraft – 4K
Origins of the Salton Sea – Animation Depicting Formation of the Salton Sea – VGA	Silt Deposits – Map of the Colorado River Delta Region – 1933 from American Geographical Society – 1024
Silt Deposits – Map of the Colorado River Delta Region – 1933 from American Geographical Society – 2048	The Salton Sea – The Salton Sea located in Southern California, USA – 1K
The Salton Sea – The Salton Sea located in Southern California, USA – 4K	Water Incursions – Enhanced Image – 1024
Water Incursions – Enhanced Image – High Resolution

 

Early History

1761 – A General Map of North America – 1K	1761 – A General Map of North America – 2K
1761 – A General Map of North America – 4Kplus	1761 – A General Map of North America – FULL Size Original
1783 – 1898 – United States of America Expansion – 1K	1783 – 1898 – United States of America Expansion – 2K
1783 – 1898 – United States of America Expansion – Full Size	1853 – Lake Cahuilla – 1K
1857 – 19th Century Irrigation Systems – 1K	1867 – Exploration and Reclamation – 1K
1867 – Exploration and Reclamation – 2Kplus	680 Communipaw Ave., Jersey City, NJ
Algodones Dunes and Salton Sea with Labels – 1024	Algodones Dunes and Salton Sea with Labels – 2048
Algodones Dunes and Salton Sea with Labels – 8192	Algodones Dunes and Salton Sea with Labels – High Resolution
Canal Course – 1024	Canal Course – High Resolution
Chaffey Headgate – 1901 – 1024	Chaffey Headgate – 1901 – Hi Res
Charles R Rockwood – 1024	Drege Alpha – 1024
Drege Alpha – High Resolution	Drege Alpha Oct 1901 from Calisphere – Digging Alamo Canal west of CO River – 1024
George-Chaffey	Imperial CA – 1024
Map of the Colorado Desert and Its Recent Flooding – 1024	Map of the Colorado Desert Sonora Mesa and Delta of the Rio Colorado – 1893 by J. Hart for The Colorado River Irrigation Company
Map of the Colorado Desert Sonora Mesa and Delta of the Rio Colorado – 1893 by J. Hart for The Colorado River Irrigation Company – 1024	Map of the Colorado Desert Sonora Mesa and Delta of the Rio Colorado – 1893 by J. Hart for The Colorado River Irrigation Company – Reduced
Mexico Flag 3D – 1024	Mexico Flag 3D – High Resolution
New Liverpool Salt Company	New Liverpool Salt Company – 1024
New Liverpool Salt Company – Reduced	Nov 1853 – William Phipps Blake – 1K
Nov 1853 – William Phipps Blake – 2Kplus	Official Map of San Diego County California USA – 1889
Official Map of San Diego County California, USA – 1889 – 1024	Official Map of San Diego County California, USA – 1889 – 2048
Official Map of San Diego County California, USA – 1889 – 8192	Relief Map of Imperial Valley – 1905 Reclamation Service – 1024
Relief Map of Imperial Valley – 1905 Reclamation Service – High Resolution	Salton Lands Sold – May 6 1893 – 1024
Salton Lands Sold – May 6 1893 – 512	Salton Lands Sold – May 6 1893 – High Resolution
Souther Pacific Railroad	Topo Map from USGS Bulletin 845 – 2048
Topo Map from USGS Bulletin 845 – High Resolution	USS Maine Sunk in Cuba – 1024
USS-Maine-Sunk-in-Cuba-1024	Widney-Sea

 

Flood Timeline

1907 – Hind Dam and Rockwood Headgate Remnant Party – 512	Apr 1905 – Steamship St. Vallier – Side View – June 1, 1905 – 2048
Apr 1906 – San Francisco in Ruin – Panoramic View – 1024	Apr 1906 – San Francisco in Ruin – Panoramic View – 16384
Apr 1906 – San Francisco in Ruin – Panoramic View – 16384 with Identification Labels	Apr 1906 – San Francisco in Ruin – Panoramic View – 2048
Apr 1906 – San Francisco in Ruin – Panoramic View – 8192	Aug 1905 – East Side of Disaster Island – Complete – 1024
Aug 1905 – East Side of Disaster Island – Complete – 2048	Aug 1905 – East Side of Disaster Island – High Resolution
Aug 1906 – Cutback of New River – 1024 – CA108II	Aug 1906 – Cutback of New River – 2048 – CA108II
Aug 1906 – Cutback of New River – 512 – CA108II	Aug 1906 – Cutback of New River – Super High Resolution – CA108II
Aug 1906 – Erosion and Cutback – 1024	Aug 1906 – Erosion and Cutback – 2048
Aug 1906 – Erosion and Cutback – Super High Resolution	Bypasses
Colorado River Silt Build Up – 1024	Dec 1906 – Steamer Searchlight Stranded – 1024 – C46-187
Dec 1906 – Steamer Searchlight Stranded – 2048 – C46-187	Dec 1906 – Steamer Searchlight Stranded – High Resolution – C46-187
Depiction of Runoff into a River Valley – 1024	Depiction of Runoff into a River Valley – 2048
Depiction of Runoff into a River Valley – Super High Resolution	Dredge – 1024
Dredge Alpha – June 1905 – 1024	E. H. Harriman – 1907 – 1024
Edinger Dam Destroyed – 1024	Feb 1905 – In Lower Mexican Heading Looking East – Dual Image – 1024
Feb 1906 – Continued Construction of Rockwood Headgate – 1024	Feb 1906 – Continued Construction of Rockwood Headgate – 2048
Feb 1906 – Continued Construction of Rockwood Headgate – High Resolution	Feb 1907 – Completion of Clarke Dam – 1024 – C111of187
Feb 1907 – Completion of Clarke Dam – 2048 – C111of187	Feb 1907 – Completion of Clarke Dam – Super High Resolution – C111of187
Glen Canyon Dam – Super High Resolution	Glen Canyon Dam – Super High Resolution – 1024
Glen Canyon Dam – Super High Resolution – 2048	Glen Canyon Dam – Super High Resolution – 8192
Hanlon Headgate – 1024	Hanlon Heading and Headgate Site Map – 1024
Hanlon Heading and Headgate Site Map – 2048	Hanlon Heading and Headgate Site Map – 512
Hanlon Heading Construction – 1024	Hanlon Heading Construction – High Resolution
Hanlon Heading Construction – Super High Resolution	Headgate with Radial Gate – 512
Hind Dam and Rockwood Headgate Plan – 2048	Hind Dam and Rockwood Headgate Plan – 512
Hind Dam Map – 1024	Hind Dam Map – 2048
Hind Dam Map – 512	Jan 1905 – Rockwood Headgate Construction – 2048
Jan 1905 – Rockwood Headgate Construction – High Resolution	Jan 1905 – Rockwood Headgate Construction Begins – 1024
Jan 1907 – Construction of Clarke Dam – 1024	Jan 1907 – Construction of Clarke Dam – 2048
Jan 1907 – Construction of Clarke Dam – 4096	Jan 1907 – Construction of Clarke Dam – 8192
Jan 1907 – Construction of Clarke Dam – Super High Resolution	Jan 1907 – Construction of Clarke Dam – Super High Resolution
Jul 1905 – Lower Mexican Heading with Construction Material for Jetty – 1024	Jul 1905 – Lower Mexican Heading with Construction Material for Jetty – 2048
Jul 1905 – Lower Mexican Heading with Construction Material for Jetty – 8192	Jul 1905 – Lower Mexican Heading with Construction Material for Jetty – Super High Resolution
Jul 1906 – Headgate at Sharp’s Heading – 1024 – C8II	Jul 1906 – Headgate at Sharp’s Heading – 2048 – C8II
Jul 1906 – Headgate at Sharp’s Heading – 4096 – C8II	Jul 1906 – Headgate at Sharp’s Heading – Super High Resolution – C8II
Jun 1906 – Hanlon Headgate Completed – 1024	Jun 1906 – Hanlon Headgate Completed – Super High Resolution
Lower Intake Spring 1906 -1024	Lower Mexican Heading – 1024
Lower Mexican Heading – Feb 15 1905 – 1024	Lower Mexican Heading – June 1905 – 1024
Lower Mexican Heading – Summer 1906 – Super High Resolution	Lower Mexican Heading – Summer 1906 – taken from Disaster Island – from USC – 1024
Lower Mexican Heading – Summer 1906 – taken from Disaster Island – from USC – 2048	Lower Mexican Heading – Summer 1906 – taken from Disaster Island – from USC – 8192
Lower Mexican Heading from Island – July 18, 1906 – 4096	Lower Mexican Heading Map – 1024
Lower Mexican Heading Map – 2048	Lower Mexican Heading Map – 512
Map of Various THINGS – 1024	Map of Various THINGS – 2048
Map of Various THINGS – 512	Map of Various THINGS – Height Adjusted
Mar 1905 – Extended Panorama	Mar 1905 – Steamship and Brush-Pile Dam – 1024
Mar 1905 – Steamship and Brush-Pile Dam – 2048	Mar 1905 – Steamship and Brush-Pile Dam – 8192
Mar 1905 – Steamship and Brush-Pile Dam – June 1, 1905 – SHR	Mar 1905 – Steamship St. Vallier – Side View – June 1, 1905 – 1024
Mar 1905 – Steamship St. Vallier – Side View – June 1, 1905 – 8192	Mar 1905 – Steamship St. Vallier – Side View – June 1, 1905 – SHR
Mar 1906 – Beginning of Trestle for Hind Dam – 1024	Mar 1906 – Beginning of Trestle for Hind Dam – 2048
Mar 1906 – Beginning of Trestle for Hind Dam – High Resolution	Mar 1906 – Photograph and Note(s)
May 1906 – Hanlon Heading Construction – Panoramic View – 1024	May 1906 – Hanlon Heading Construction – Panoramic View – 16384
May 1906 – Hanlon Heading Construction – Panoramic View – 2048	May 1906 – Hanlon Heading Construction – Panoramic View – 8192
New River at Calexico	Nov 1906 – Dredge Beta – 512
Nov 1906 – Rockwood Headgate Site and Extension of Hind Dam – 1024 – C9II	Nov 1906 – Rockwood Headgate Site and Extension of Hind Dam – 2048 – C9II
Nov 1906 – Rockwood Headgate Site and Extension of Hind Dam – Super High Resolution – C9II	Nov 1906 – Wrecked Battleship after Hind Dam Extension – 1024 – C19II
Nov 1906 – Wrecked Battleship after Hind Dam Extension – 512 – C19II	Nov 1906 – Wrecked Battleship after Hind Dam Extension – Super High Resolution – C19II
Oct 1905 – Before and After Comparision of Edinger Dam	Oct 1905 – Construction of Edinger Dam by HT Cory from Calisphere – 1024
Oct 1905 – Construction of Edinger Dam by HT Cory from Calisphere – 2048	Oct 1905 – Construction of Edinger Dam by HT Cory from Calisphere – 8192
Oct 1905 – Construction of Edinger Dam by HT Cory from Calisphere – Super High Resolution	Oct 1905 – Edinger Dam Location Map – 1024
Oct 1905 – Edinger Dam Location Map – 2048	Oct 1905 – Edinger Dam Location Map – 512
Oct 1906 – Backwash Compromises North Rear End of Rockwood Headgate Apron – 512 – C112II	Oct 1906 – Closeup of Train Wreak after Collapse of Trestle – 2048 – CA111II
Oct 1906 – Closeup of Train Wreak after Collapse of Trestle – 512 – CA111II	Oct 1906 – Closeup of Train Wreak after Collapse of Trestle – Super High Resolution – CA111II
Oct 1906 – Failure of Rockwood Headgate on Oct 11, 1906 – 4096 – CA113II	Oct 1906 – Failure of Rockwood Headgate on Oct 11, 1906 – Super High Resolution – CA113II
Oct 1906 – Failure of Rockwood Headgate with Northern Half Missing – 512 – CA113II	Oct 1906 – Failure of Rockwood Headgate with Northern Half Missing – High Resolution – CA113II
Oct 1906 – Rockwood Headgate Floating Downstream – 512	Oct 1906 – Rockwood Headgate Floating Downstream – Super High Resolution
Oct 1906 – Rockwood Headgate in Operation Viewed from Rear – 4096 – CA110II	Oct 1906 – Rockwood Headgate in Operation Viewed from Rear – 512 – CA110II
Oct 1906 – Rockwood Headgate in Operation Viewed from Rear – Super High Resolution – CA110II	Oct 1906 – Sliding Out of West Side of North Apron of Rockwood Headgate – 512 – CA108II
Oct 1906 – Sliding Out of West Side of North Apron of Rockwood Headgate – High Resolution – CA108II	Oct 1906 – Train Wreak after Collapse of Trestle – 1024 – CA114II
Oct 1906 – Train Wreak after Collapse of Trestle – 2048 – CA114II	Oct 1906 – Train Wreak after Collapse of Trestle – 512 – CA114II
Oct 1906 – Train Wreak after Collapse of Trestle – High Resolution – CA114II	Oct 1906 – Trestle Construction in Front of Rockwood Headgate – High Resolution – CA108II
Panorama of Edinger Dam being Built by H. T. Cory – Oct 21, 1905 – 1024	Potential Camera Location
Rockwood Headgate from The Imperial Valley and the Salton Sink by Harry Thomas Cory with Introductory Monograph by William Phipps Blake – 1906 – 1024	Rockwood Headgate Map – 1024
Rockwood Headgate Map – 2048	Rockwood Headgate Map – 512
Rockwood Headgate Map – Height Adjusted	Sept 1905 – First Several Attempts – 1024
Sept 1906 – Battleships Dumping Rocks for Hind Dam – 512 – C103II	Sept 1906 – Battleships Dumping Rocks for Hind Dam – High Resolution
Sept 1906 – Battleships Dumping Rocks for Hind Dam – High Resolution – C103II	Sept 1906 – Construction of Hind Dam – 1024 – C103II
Sept 1906 – Construction of Hind Dam – 2048 – C103II	Sept 1906 – Construction of Hind Dam – High Resolution- C103II
Southern Pacific Infrastructure Threatened in the Imperial Valley – 1024	Thomas J Hind of the Southern Pacific Railroad – 512 – C97II

 

Recent History

1907 – Hind Dam and Rockwood Headgate Remnant Party – 1024 – USC	1907 – Hind Dam and Rockwood Headgate Remnant Party – 2048 – USC
1907 – Hind Dam and Rockwood Headgate Remnant Party – 4096 – USC	1907 – Hind Dam and Rockwood Headgate Remnant Party – 8192 – USC
1907 – Hind Dam and Rockwood Headgate Remnant Party – Super High Resolution – USC	Salton-Sea-Stuck-Boat-High-Res-no-RV-not-as-vivid-1
The Salton Sea Story Insert Cover

 

List Categories Index

• 1761 – A General Map of North America
• 1783-1898 – United States of America Expansion
• 1853 – Lake Cahuilla
• 1857 – 19th Century Irrigation Systems
• 1867 – Exploration and Reclamation
• 1877
• 1884
• 1889
• 1896 – 1900
• 1902 – 1903
• 1904
• 1924
• 1924
• 1925
• 1927
• 1931
• 1961
• 1995
• 1998
• Apr 1896
• Apr 1900
• Apr 1905
• Apr 1906
• Apr 1952
• Apr 1962 – North Shore Beach
• Aug 1900
• Aug 1905
• Aug 1906
• Dec 1900
• Dec 1905
• Dec 1906
• Dec 1928
• Evaporation and Rebirth of Lake Cahuilla
• Feb 1905
• Feb 1906
• Feb 1907
• Feb 1908
• Formation of a Lake
• Jan 1873
• Jan 1892
• Jan 1904
• Jan 1905
• Jan 1906
• Jan 1907
• Jan 1912
• Jul 1905
• Jul 1906
• July 1915
• Jun 1891
• Jun 1905
• Jun 1906
• June 1914
• Mar 1900
• Mar 1905
• Mar 1906
• May 1893
• May 1900
• May 1901
• May 1905
• May 1906
• May 1927
• Names of the Salton Sea
• Next; Recent History
• Nov 1853 – William Phipps Blake
• Nov 1905
• Nov 1906
• Oct 1904
• Oct 1905
• Oct 1906
• Origins of the Salton Sea
• Sept 1904
• Sept 1905
• Sept 1906
• Sept 1908
• Sept 1976
• Silt Deposits
• Tectonic Plate Movement
• The Salton Sea
• Timeout: Question, Answer, and an Explanation

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Timeline Events

Ancient History

• Evaporation and Rebirth of Lake Cahuilla
• Formation of a Lake
• Names of the Salton Sea
• Next; Early History
• Origins of the Salton Sea
• Silt Deposits
• Tectonic Plate Movement
• The Salton Sea
• Water Incursions into the Valley

 

Early History

• 1761 – A General Map of North America
• 1783-1898 – United States of America Expansion
• 1853 – Lake Cahuilla
• 1857 – 19th Century Irrigation Systems
• 1867 – Exploration and Reclamation
• 1877
• 1884
• 1889
• 1896 – 1900
• 1902 – 1903
• Apr 1896
• Apr 1900
• Aug 1900
• Dec 1900
• Jan 1873
• Jan 1892
• Jun 1891
• Mar 1900
• May 1893
• May 1900
• May 1901
• Next; Flood Timeline
• Nov 1853 – William Phipps Blake
• Timeout: Question, Answer, and an Explanation

 

Flood Timeline

• 1904
• Apr 1905
• Apr 1906
• Aug 1905
• Aug 1906
• Dec 1905
• Dec 1906
• Feb 1905
• Feb 1906
• Feb 1907
• Jan 1904
• Jan 1905
• Jan 1906
• Jan 1907
• Jul 1905
• Jul 1906
• Jun 1905
• Jun 1906
• Mar 1905
• Mar 1906
• May 1905
• May 1906
• Next; Recent History
• Nov 1905
• Nov 1906
• Oct 1904
• Oct 1905
• Oct 1906
• Sept 1904
• Sept 1905
• Sept 1906

 

Recent History

• 1761 – A General Map of North America
• 1783-1898 – United States of America Expansion
• 1853 – Lake Cahuilla
• 1857 – 19th Century Irrigation Systems
• 1867 – Exploration and Reclamation
• 1877
• 1884
• 1889
• 1896 – 1900
• 1902 – 1903
• 1904
• 1924
• 1924
• 1925
• 1927
• 1931
• 1961
• 1995
• 1998
• Apr 1896
• Apr 1900
• Apr 1905
• Apr 1906
• Apr 1952
• Apr 1962 – North Shore Beach
• Aug 1900
• Aug 1905
• Aug 1906
• Dec 1900
• Dec 1905
• Dec 1906
• Dec 1928
• Evaporation and Rebirth of Lake Cahuilla
• Feb 1905
• Feb 1906
• Feb 1907
• Feb 1908
• Formation of a Lake
• Jan 1873
• Jan 1892
• Jan 1904
• Jan 1905
• Jan 1906
• Jan 1907
• Jan 1912
• Jul 1906
• July 1915
• Jun 1891
• Jun 1905
• Jun 1906
• June 1914
• Mar 1900
• Mar 1905
• Mar 1906
• May 1893
• May 1900
• May 1901
• May 1905
• May 1906
• May 1927
• Names of the Salton Sea
• Next; Recent History
• Nov 1853 – William Phipps Blake
• Nov 1905
• Nov 1906
• Oct 1904
• Oct 1905
• Oct 1906
• Origins of the Salton Sea
• Sept 1904
• Sept 1905
• Sept 1906
• Sept 1908
• Sept 1976
• Silt Deposits
• Tectonic Plate Movement
• The Salton Sea
• Timeout: Question, Answer, and an Explanation

 

Images

Ancient History

• Colorado Desert Region of Southern California and Northwestern Mexico – 1024
• Lake Cahuilla – 1024
• Names of the Salton Sea – The Salton Sea Viewed from Apollo 9 Spacecraft – 1K
• Silt Deposits – Map of the Colorado River Delta Region – 1933 from American Geographical Society – 1024
• The Salton Sea – The Salton Sea located in Southern California, USA – 1K
• Water Incursions – Enhanced Image – 1024

 

Early History

• 1761 – A General Map of North America – 1K
• 1783 – 1898 – United States of America Expansion – 1K
• 1853 – Lake Cahuilla – 1K
• 1857 – 19th Century Irrigation Systems – 1K
• 1867 – Exploration and Reclamation – 1K
• Algodones Dunes and Salton Sea with Labels – 1024
• Canal Course – 1024
• Chaffey Headgate – 1901 – 1024
• Charles R Rockwood – 1024
• Drege Alpha – 1024
• George-Chaffey
• Imperial CA – 1024
• Map of the Colorado Desert and Its Recent Flooding – 1024
• Map of the Colorado Desert Sonora Mesa and Delta of the Rio Colorado – 1893 by J. Hart for The Colorado River Irrigation Company – 1024
• Mexico Flag 3D – 1024
• New Liverpool Salt Company – 1024
• Nov 1853 – William Phipps Blake – 1K
• Official Map of San Diego County California, USA – 1889 – 1024
• Relief Map of Imperial Valley – 1905 Reclamation Service – 1024
• USS Maine Sunk in Cuba – 1024
• Widney-Sea

 

Flood Timeline

• Apr 1906 – San Francisco in Ruin – Panoramic View – 1024
• Aug 1905 – East Side of Disaster Island – Complete – 1024
• Aug 1906 – Cutback of New River – 1024 – CA108II
• Aug 1906 – Erosion and Cutback – 1024
• Bypasses
• Colorado River Silt Build Up – 1024
• Dec 1906 – Steamer Searchlight Stranded – 1024 – C46-187
• Depiction of Runoff into a River Valley – 1024
• Dredge – 1024
• Dredge Alpha – June 1905 – 1024
• E. H. Harriman – 1907 – 1024
• Edinger Dam Destroyed – 1024
• Feb 1905 – In Lower Mexican Heading Looking East – Dual Image – 1024
• Feb 1906 – Continued Construction of Rockwood Headgate – 1024
• Feb 1907 – Completion of Clarke Dam – 1024 – C111of187
• Glen Canyon Dam – Super High Resolution – 1024
• Hanlon Headgate – 1024
• Hanlon Heading and Headgate Site Map – 1024
• Hanlon Heading Construction – 1024
• Hind Dam and Rockwood Headgate Plan – 2048
• Hind Dam Map – 1024
• Jan 1905 – Rockwood Headgate Construction Begins – 1024
• Jan 1907 – Construction of Clarke Dam – 1024
• Jul 1905 – Lower Mexican Heading with Construction Material for Jetty – 1024
• Jul 1906 – Headgate at Sharp’s Heading – 1024 – C8II
• Jun 1906 – Hanlon Headgate Completed – 1024
• Lower Intake Spring 1906 -1024
• Lower Mexican Heading – 1024
• Lower Mexican Heading – Feb 15 1905 – 1024
• Lower Mexican Heading – June 1905 – 1024
• Lower Mexican Heading – Summer 1906 – taken from Disaster Island – from USC – 1024
• Lower Mexican Heading Map – 1024
• Map of Various THINGS – 1024
• Mar 1905 – Steamship and Brush-Pile Dam – 1024
• Mar 1905 – Steamship St. Vallier – Side View – June 1, 1905 – 1024
• Mar 1906 – Beginning of Trestle for Hind Dam – 1024
• May 1906 – Hanlon Heading Construction – Panoramic View – 1024
• Nov 1906 – Rockwood Headgate Site and Extension of Hind Dam – 1024 – C9II
• Nov 1906 – Wrecked Battleship after Hind Dam Extension – 1024 – C19II
• Oct 1905 – Construction of Edinger Dam by HT Cory from Calisphere – 1024
• Oct 1905 – Edinger Dam Location Map – 1024
• Oct 1906 – Train Wreak after Collapse of Trestle – 1024 – CA114II
• Panorama of Edinger Dam being Built by H. T. Cory – Oct 21, 1905 – 1024
• Rockwood Headgate from The Imperial Valley and the Salton Sink by Harry Thomas Cory with Introductory Monograph by William Phipps Blake – 1906 – 1024
• Rockwood Headgate Map – 1024
• Sept 1905 – First Several Attempts – 1024
• Sept 1906 – Construction of Hind Dam – 1024 – C103II
• Southern Pacific Infrastructure Threatened in the Imperial Valley – 1024

 

Recent History

• 1907 – Hind Dam and Rockwood Headgate Remnant Party – 1024 – USC
• Salton-Sea-Stuck-Boat-High-Res-no-RV-not-as-vivid-1
• The Salton Sea Story Insert Cover

• Imperial Valley Press
• Los Angeles Daily News
• Los Angeles Herald
• San Bernardino Daily Sun
• NewsPapers.com

The definitions from our glossary are based on a range of information and sources which include Wikipedia, Merriam Webster, Dictionary.com, and Google.

Terms used on Life of the Salton Sea;

• Alamo Arroyo
• Algodones Dunes
• Alluvial Soil
• American Civil War
• Ancient History Timeline
• Animation of Tectonic Plate Movement
• arroyos
• Backwash
• Battleships
• Bypass Channel for the Chaffey Headgate
• Cahuilla Basin
• Cahuilla Valley
• California Development Company
• California Gold Rush
• CDC
• channel to the east of Disaster Island
• Coachella Valley
• Colorado Desert
• Colorado River
• Crustal Spreading
• Cutback
• Dredged
• Dyke
• Early History Timeline
• Edinger Dam
• Event Title
• Fascines
• Flood Timeline
• Fresno Scrapers
• Full Timeline
• Hanlon Headgate
• Hanlon Heading
• Headgate
• Headings
• Hind Dam
• Imperial / Alamo Canal
• Imperial Valley
• Jetty
• La Palma de la Mano de Dios
• Lake Cahuilla
• Lewis and Clark Expidition
• Lower Mexican Heading
• mattresses
• Newlands Reclamation Act
• Pilings
• Recent History Timeline
• Reclamation
• Rockwood Headgate
• Rockwood Headgate Map
• Salton Basin
• Salton Sea
• Salton Sink
• Salton Trough
• Scoured
• Sliding Out
• small island
• Spinning Off Downstream.
• Split in Half
• SPR
• Steamers
• Subsided
• Tectonic Movement
• Thomas J. Hind
• Train trestle bridge was hastily erected
• Train Wreck
• upper 4 mile section
• Upper Mexican Heading
• William Phipps Blake

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Remaining items to add include most of the Recent History Timeline.  The vast majority of images are available in a range of sizes, but many lack all the “behind the scenes” information such as ALT Text (Alternative Text) and other organizational tidying up.

Author: David Harriman
Editor: BJ Lindholm
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People;

George Chaffey
Harry Thomas Cory
Edward Henry Harriman
A H Herber
W T Heffernan
Epes Randolph
Charles Robinson Rockwood
Joesepeh Widney

Timeline Events with People;

• 1761 – A General Map of North America
• 1783-1898 – United States of America Expansion
• 1853 – Lake Cahuilla
• 1857 – 19th Century Irrigation Systems
• 1867 – Exploration and Reclamation
• 1924
• 1998
• Apr 1896
• Apr 1900
• Dec 1900
• Early History
• Jan 1873
• Jan 1892
• Mar 1900
• Mar 1906
• May 1893
• May 1900
• Nov 1853 – William Phipps Blake
• Timeout: Question, Answer, and an Explanation

Ancient History

Early History

Flood Timeline

Recent History

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The information presented by this website has been meticulously researched.

Please click the Sources & Additional Information link for each Timeline Event to view the various sources and additional information.

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