During World War II Doty worked on major war effort projects like the Alcan Highway and Shasta Dam.
Kennett was an important mining town in northern California, United States until it was flooded by Shasta Lake while Shasta Dam was being constructed.
It was also the second most massive dam measured by volume, exceeded only by Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River in Washington.
Tehama is generally the first area in the county to flood during the rainy season, although flooding is now controlled by releases from Shasta Dam.
dam | Hoover Dam | Mount Shasta | Aswan Dam | Grand Coulee Dam | Shasta | Kinzua Dam | Bonneville Dam | Grand Rapids Dam | embankment dam | Beaver Dam, Arizona | Merowe Dam | Beaver Dam, Wisconsin | Three Gorges Dam | Mangla Dam | Beaver Dam | Aswan Low Dam | Akosombo Dam | Shasta Dam | Itaipu Dam | Fort Peck Dam | Fontana Dam | Dam Square | Chickamauga Dam | Yacyretá Dam | Wilson Dam | Tiga Dam | Temenggor Dam | Tarbela Dam | Tai Dam |
Also in 1934, True also was hired as Consulting Artist for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to lay out color schemes and create decorations for major power houses at the giant dams being built during the Thirties and early Forties (Hoover, Grand Coulee, Bonneville, Shasta, Friant and Minidoka).