A History of the Los Angeles District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1898-1965

Abstract

For 200 years the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been part of the fiber of this Nation, serving the people of the United States in war and peace. For more than 1 00 years, the Corps has been active in what is now referred to as the Los Angeles District - a fascinating area of deserts, mountains, rich farm lands, rivers and ocean front, open country and densely populated regions which reaches from the Continental Divide to the Pacific Ocean, and from the Grand Canyon to Mexico. This is the story of that activity, from the time of the earliest Corps of Engineers effort here until 1965. Formally, the U.S. Army Engineer District, Los Angeles, traces its history to December 31 , 1898, but in these pages you will be taken back to the earliest explorations and surveys of this area by Engineer officers before the Mexican War. This volume is the first ever to draw the history of the Los Angeles District together into a single publication.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA637180

Entities

People

  • Anthony F. Turhollow

Organizations

  • Los Angeles District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

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Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Civil Engineering
  • Employment
  • Engineers
  • Fish
  • Flood Control
  • Geography
  • Health Services
  • Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Science
  • Personnel Management
  • Recreation
  • Ridges
  • Terrain
  • Topography
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Urban Planning and Geography.