Ed Fletcher was a major mover and shaker in San Diego city and county history, remembered today by Fletcher Hills and Fletcher Parkway. The photo below shows Fletcher standing in front of the open spillway at the Lake Hodges Dam during a release of water from the dam’s reservoir in the early 1920s, shortly after the dam’s completion:
Fletcher was then the president of the San Dieguito Mutual Water Company, which built the dam. That company was one of a number of ventures which he led during his life to promote water development in San Diego County, efforts which played a big role in making San Diego County livable.
The photo is part of an archive of Fletcher’s private papers now held in the UCSD Library. The majority of those papers have been digitized, and so are available for public viewing. It’s a great source for history seekers. See the link below to check it out.
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