Wylder Hope Valley continues Eastern Sierra History Series with story of St. Francis Dam

The Wylder Resort Hope Valley continues its Eastern Sierra History series on Sunday, November 20 with a 50-minute slide show program, Tragedy at St. Francis Dam-The Worst Manmade Disaster in California History. Historian David Woodruff will tell the story as he does each week at Wylder during the history series.

On March 12, 1928, the city of Los Angeles’s St Francis Dam collapsed killing over 600 people and destroying everything in its 50-mile rampage to the sea. The colossal engineering failure brought disgrace to the LA Aqueduct’s William Mulholland, while the Los Angeles Water Bureau did everything it could to erase the horrific event from history.

This free program is open to the public and will be inside the heated tent at Wylder Resort Hope Valley just one mile east of the junction of Hwy 88 & 89 in Hope Valley. Wylder will also be offering a lunch special during the history program. Please call David at (760) 920-8061 for more information.