File of correspondence and data concerning Snow Mountain Dam. 1919-1929.

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File of correspondence and data concerning Snow Mountain Dam. 1919-1929.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7241511

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Snow Mountain Water and Power Company.

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Pacific Gas and Electric Company

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Lippincott, Joseph Barlow, 1864-1942

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Historical Background The story of the Union Pacific Railroad's involvement with oil and the Tidelands goes back to at least 1911 when the State of California granted the City of Long Beach its tidelands properties for development of commerce, navigation, fisheries, and recreation under a public trust doctine, meaning any development and revenues from such development would have to benefit the state as a whole rather than merely neighboring c...