Rapid communications between Los Angeles and Catalina Island are established via carrier pigeon. 1901 Henry Huntington forms the Pacific Electric Railway Company that would link Los Angeles by a network of rail cars. The first Japanese settlers arrive in Los Angeles. They begin the fishing and fish-canning industry in Los Angeles. President William McKinley becomes the first U.S. President to visit the city of Los Angeles.
Angels flight is built.
The famous cable cars continue to run until 1969. The first Tournament of Roses football game is played between Michigan and Stanford. The Los Angeles Board of Water Commissioner begins looking into Owens Valley as a source of much needed water. Fred Eaton, formerly mayor of Los Angeles, had already begun buying up properties in the Owens Valley and champions the idea. Thus begins the long battle between Los Angeles and Owens Valley residents known as the Owens Valley Water Wars.