Calexico levee in peril as river roars and power shifts
Chapter sequence shows Rickard rallying workers to defend the Calexico levee against the Colorado river flood. The Great Yellow Dragon cycle omen tightens tensions with engineers, executives, and settlers. After a perilous night, the water subsides, but lawsuits and blame cloud the valley’s future prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rickard
Calexico
Marshall
Hardin
San Francisco
Richard
Bardin
Hard
Gerry Hardin
MacLean
Thapter
Innes
Gerty Togeth
Ricard
Desert valley power struggle under El Centro dinner speeches
In a crowded El Centro hotel, ranchers and water-company leaders gather to hear Marshall introduce Senor de la Vega of Mexico. Debates over river control, litigation with Mexico, and railroad influence frame a tense lunch hour and await a climactic public confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Faraday
Desert Hotel
Drk
Desert Reclamation Company
Hardin
el Centro
Marshall
Mac
Sean
Black
General de la Vega
Babcock
Richard
United States
Overland Pacific
Long Vision
Water Companies
Brandon
Valley Star
The
Star
Barton
Water Company
Grace
Babcock Ws
Mexico
MacLean
Ted Marshall
Marshal
Wistaria
de la Vega
Hit
de Is
Vega
Senor de la Vega
Colorado Desert
America
Colorado
Guillermo Estrada
Porfirio Diaz
The Passing of the Waters Ends in River Turmoil
Babcock rushes to Los Angeles to confront river cutting and negligence as debris and a ruptured bank threaten the Mexican village. Estrada and MacLean confront the failure to act while the river's force drives a wreck toward collapse. The station teeters as the flood intensifies.
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Babcock
Los Angeles
Ogilvie
MacLem
Rickard
Comphy
MacLean
Ywu
Mexigo
Hathcock
Bastrada
Estrada
MacLean, Jr
Betrada
Carp
Hstrada
Fils
Sg Brow
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Wooster
U. P
Coulter
Eggers
Mexicali
Parrish
Dowker
Tribune
Bill Meads
Seourcemmer
Lebels
Dodgera
E. R. Behlmer
Sunman
Ind
Her
Traveling Bugs
Kramer
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