Here is a bit of Los Angeles history or should I say a tid bit of Los Angeles history.
Have you ever been to the corner of Riverside Drive and Los Feliz Boulevard in Los Angeles? This part of Los Angeles is considered Los Feliz.
It is walking distance to the Los Angeles River and most Angelinos consider this the shrine to the "Father of the Los Angeles Water System", if you said William Mulholland, you were right.
The William Mulholland Memorial Fountain was designed by Walter S Claberg, and was dedicated in 1940 five years after Mullholand's death.
If you decide one day to stop by and if you look at the Granite Bolder you will read the following inscription:
To William Mulholland
1855 - 1935
A penniless Irish immigrant boy,
Who rose by the force of his industry,
Intelligence, integrity and intrepidity
To be a sturdy American citizen, a
Engineering genius, a whole-hearted
Humanitarian, the father of his city’s
Water system and the Builder of the
Los Angeles Aqueduct:
This memorial is gratefully dedicated
By those who are the recipients of his
Unselfish bounty and the beneficiaries
Of his prophetic vision.
So if you ever hear people talking about William Mulholland, or if you drive on Mullholland Drive in the Hollywood Hills you will now have a better understanding of who he was and what the name means.
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