1917 Map of Elizabeth Lake

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The Los Angeles Aqueduct snakes across the northern high desert, a monumental engineering feat of Wm. Mulholland that defined the early 20th-century development of this region. This landscape is a study in transition, where the arid expanse of the Antelope Valley meets the sharp rises of the Sierra Pelona and the Santa Barbara National Forest. At the time of this survey, the region was a network of dispersed homesteads and isolated ranches, such as St Anthony Ranch and Johnson Ranch, supported by a series of small rural schoolhouses including Rogers School and Esperanza School.