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The Journal of San Diego History
Summer 1970, Volume 16, Number 3
Contents of This Issue

HATFIELD THE RAINMAKER


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Cover Image  
Cover Image:

David Brockman, Artist.


Charles Hatfield  
Page 2. [Charles Hatfield]


Charles Hatfield's business card  
Page 5.

Charles Hatfield's business card
showing the four towers
above Crows Landing
in Stanislaus County, 1907-08.


Hatfield tower and camp  
Page 6.

The Hatfield tower and camp on the
Marceline Roberts ranch above Colinga in 1924.


Hatfield tower at Morena reservoir  
Page 8.

The Hatfield tower
at Morena reservoir in 1916.


Charles Hatfield  
Page 9.

Charles Hatfield posing for a magazine
writer in 1919, three years after
the Hat­field flood in San Diego County.


Celebrating the first spill from the Lower Otay reservoir  
Page 10.

Celebrating the first spill
from the Lower Otay reservoir,
January 21, 1916.
Al Wueste is wearing the military hat.


 
Page 12.

Hatfield's press notice in the
San Diego Union, February 5, 1916.


 
Page 16.

The site of Lower Otay dam,
February 7, 1916, after its destruction.


Concrete bridge in Old Town  
Page 18.

Concrete bridge in Old Town,
San Diego, on January 28, 1916.
(Title Insurance and Trust Company)


Morena reservoir  
Page 20.

The Morena reservoir after the
Hatfield flood, January 27, 1916.
The dam is off scene to the left.


Flood  
Page 20.

13th and M Streets, San Diego,
on January 27, 1916.
(Title Insurance and Trust Company)


Hatfield in 1931  
Page 23.

Charles Hatfield in 1931 at age 56.
He was in the news during negotiations
with Big Bear Committee. At
right are evaporation pans.


Sweetwater Dam damage  
Page 25.

Remains of Sweetwater Dam in 1916.
(Title Insurance and Trust Company)


Hatfield at age 82  
Page 27.

Charles M. Hatfield at age 82
shortly before his death in January 1958.



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