Charles Hatfield

Charles Mallory Hatfield (July 15, 1875 - January 12, 1958) was an American rainmaker who claimed to have produced over 500 successful artificial precipitations across his decades long career with a secret mixture of 23 chemicals.

1910s

 * 1915, San Diego flooding, legal controversy.

1920s

 * 1920, farmers in Washington state counties Grant, Douglas, and Lincoln contracted with Hatfield at a modest $3000 per inch.
 * 1921, farmers in Medicine Hat, Alberta (Canada) paid out $8000 for four and a quarter inches of rain.

1930s

 * 1931, farmers in San Bernadino county propose an offer of $10,000 (or $1000 a foot) to fill Big Bear Lake.