Timeline

This timeline spans almost 100 years: the first years of the 1900s and the later plans to build New Melones Dam; early river running in the 1950s and 1960s; the campaigns of the 1970s and 1980s to save the river; and information about how the river conservation community responded to the loss of the Stanislaus with many more campaigns to save other rivers – the flooding of the Stanislaus River in the early 1980s was the last death of a major river in the U.S by a large dam, partly due to the momentum and lessons that came out of the Stanislaus campaigns.  (Not included in the timeline are the creation of the canyon 9 million years ago (!), its naming in 1844 by John C. Fremont for a Native American resister of Spanish occupation, the Gold Rush in 1848, or any other events before 1905.)

TIPS: Drag your mouse or squeeze your fingers over the Timeline to zoom in to a section or just use your mouse wheel. Hold the shift key then drag your mouse or use a finger swipe to pan the Timeline up or down. When you mouse over items, some detail popups will show links for more information (you may have to zoom in to be able to click the link).