DC Jackson

Where I tweet and link stuff related to the history of dams and water, and also other things that make life interesting....

[DC Jackson @dcjack]

#stfrancisdam Some 400 dead in the Santa Clara Valley. Our memory of the victims should remain strong https://t.co/aNHBZBLcY6

[DC Jackson @dcjack]

#LAhistory #scvsignal For more on the disaster Check out https://t.co/mSbhDMHTbd https://t.co/sCOwotTLWE

[LAhistory @LAhistory]

Mar 12, 1928: St. Francis Dam collapsed & caused CA's 2nd greatest loss of life. @SCVSignal: https://t.co/4VzhjbVrrP

[LAhistory @LAhistory]

More Topanga history via @LACountyLibrary archive (incl's Ellen Geer's story). https://t.co/dVjoxM8fLj. View of SFV:

[Second World War tweets from 1941 @RealTimeWWII]

US Air Force has launched its first daytime bombing raid on Berlin, with 812 heavy bombers heading for Germany:

[DC Jackson @dcjack]

#LAHistory https://t.co/AjIcDHjqQR

[GRAMMY Museum @GRAMMYMuseum]

Historians William Deverell and Darryl Holter join us to discuss their book 'Woodie Guthrie L.A. 1937 to 1941'

[DC Jackson @dcjack]

@amyvachal @tinangelphl What was the playlist for the Philly show? Inquiring minds want to know!!!

[CAHistoricalSociety @CAHistory]

#OTD in 1942 President Franklin Roosevelt signed EO 9066 - interning peoples of Japanese descent in the US. https://t.co/nccvoi05aL

[DC Jackson @dcjack]

Wish I was in the Southland and could attend! Darn! #LAhistory https://t.co/kKPwBcKdo5

[ICW: California & The West @HUSC_ICW]

Tomorrow, 5pm @skylightbooks - Darryl Holter & William Deverell discuss "Woody Guthrie LA: 1937-1941"! Join us: https://t.co/fX2z05r9hb

[DC Jackson @dcjack]

A great map - includes modern day Orange County! #LAhistory https://t.co/sLQkoy9kHc

[LAhistory @LAhistory]

Feb 18, 1850: @CountyofLA was established. @LibraryCongress map (1888): https://t.co/VQ5Cw7BzI4 #LACounty

[DC Jackson @dcjack]

Thanks CV! You rock! #LAHISTORY https://t.co/JMmkuaq5DG

[Dr. Conevery Bolton Valencius, PhD @Conevery]

#EH rocks! (terrible pun!) https://t.co/8aVsdct4f3

[Dr. Lucy Jones @DrLucyJones]

45 yrs ago today I was in Taiwan & heard the news "LA destroyed by EQ". My 1st lesson in media coverage of EQs. #SanFernando

[San Gabriel Valley Tribune @SGVTribune]

Exhibit explores the African ancestry of the founders of Los Angeles https://t.co/mOuXh1o9al

[Alison Byerly @alisonbyerly]

Look forward to lots of great events for #BlackHistoryMonth2016 at @LafCol
https://t.co/YjpE0tmjRx

[DC Jackson @dcjack]

@alisonbyerly #liberalartsandengineering https://t.co/AmdUfBogJB

[ICW: California & The West @HUSC_ICW]

& if you missed it- we interviewed @dcjack on the St Francis Dam disaster & #WilliamMulholland: https://t.co/lFNbKKV05b #LAhistory #dams

[DC Jackson @dcjack]

@HUSC_ICW #hydropower #LAhistory
Nice!!!

[LAhistory @LAhistory]

Thomas Edison rec'd incandescent lamp patent #OTD. @SCE at @LACountyFair (@TheHuntington: https://t.co/zHtSKufAed)

[Alison Byerly @alisonbyerly]

Great to see strong review of Prof DC Jackson's new book in @WSJ https://t.co/BHnNP6QUdj #liberalartsandengineering

[DC Jackson @dcjack]

Thanks Alison! @alisonbyerly @WSJ #LAhistory #hydropower

[DC Jackson @dcjack]

Norris Hundley's and my book Heavy Ground: William Mulholland and the St. Francis Dam Disaster now available at Amazon. #LAhistory #disaster

[DC Jackson @dcjack]

@emilymusilchrch @dcjack Thank you Emily!!!!! Send me an email at Lafayette...