Hetch Hetchy

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  • San Francisco begins to consider Hetch Hetchy Valley as one of several places for the location of a reservoir.

    San Francisco begins to consider Hetch Hetchy Valley as one of several places for the location of a reservoir.

  • San Francisco Mayor James Phelan first proposes damming the Hetch Hetchy Valley to create a reservoir for San Francisco.

    San Francisco Mayor James Phelan first proposes damming the Hetch Hetchy Valley to create a reservoir for San Francisco.

    http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5721/
  • Yosemite National Park is established, including Yosemite Valley's less famous cousin, Hetch Hetchy.

    Yosemite National Park is established, including Yosemite Valley's less famous cousin, Hetch Hetchy.

    Today it is still an important national park.
  • The Sierra club is formed

    The Sierra club is formed

    The Sierra Club is an environmental organization in the United States.
  • Mayor James Phelan first files for water rights in the Hetch Hetchy Valley - using his own name.

    Mayor James Phelan first files for water rights in the Hetch Hetchy Valley - using his own name.

  • Mayor Phelan applies to the Interior Department for a permit for water storage in Hetch Hetchy Valley. Secretary of the Interior Ethan Hitchcock promptly denies the request

    Mayor Phelan applies to the Interior Department for a permit for water storage in Hetch Hetchy Valley. Secretary of the Interior Ethan Hitchcock promptly denies the request

    https://camul123.wordpress.com/hetch-hetchy/
  • Pinchot was appointed the head of the re-organized Forest Service. It was his management philosophy that all of the nation's natural resources were available for human development - so long as that use was prudent and sustainable.

    Pinchot was appointed the head of the re-organized Forest Service. It was his management philosophy that all of the nation's natural resources were available for human development - so long as that use was prudent and sustainable.

  • San Francisco city officials meet with Secretary Garfield on July 24 to lobby for damming Hetch Hetchy.

    San Francisco city officials meet with Secretary Garfield on July 24 to lobby for damming Hetch Hetchy.

  • Woodrow Wilson is elected President, and would appoint former San Francisco City Attorney Franklin Lane as Secretary of the Interior. Lane supports damming Hetch Hetchy, though he never visited it.

  • Congress passed legislation that enabled the creation of a dam in the Hetch Hetchy Valley. President Woodrow Wilson signed the bill into law.

    Congress passed legislation that enabled the creation of a dam in the Hetch Hetchy Valley. President Woodrow Wilson signed the bill into law.

  • he Raker Bill, which eventually became the Raker Act, granting the city of San Francisco the right to dam the Hetch Hetchy Valley as a reservoir, and the unfulfilled right of municipalized electricity for the city.

  • Last Sierra Club outing to Hetchy Hetchy Valley. John Muir dies on December 24.

  • San Francisco voters approve $25 million for a second pipeline for the Hetch Hetchy system.

  • Tuolumne County Superior Court Judge Kevin M. Seibert ruled on April 28, 2016 against Restore Hetch Hetchy's lawsuit following a demurrer and motion to strike from the City of San Francisco.

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