Rickard Faces River Crisis in Imperial Valley
Chapter summary of Rickard, an Overland Pacific engineer, as he moves to stop a river disaster in Calexico area. He confronts Hardin’s failures, coordinates rock and gravel supplies, and plans a levee campaign while navigating Indian counsel and a looming hundredth year cycle rumor.
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C. Rickard
Overland Pacific
Tucson
Ariz
Casey
Marshall Rickard
Colorado
Thomas Hardin
Desert Reclamation Company
Hardin
Rickard
Gerty Holmes
Marshall
Imperial Valley
Richard
Calexico
Innes Hardin
Royal
Hostis
Estrada
Innes
Gerty
San Francisco
Chard
O. P
MacLean
Ieland
Tacna
Patagonia
Old Hamlin'’s
Porter
Zacatecas
C. P
Yuma
Niice Hardin
Thirven
Brandon
Matt Hamlin
Cornel
Desert
Gila
Maldonado
Trapper
Squaw
Coyote
Hamlin
Coronel
Ted Marshall
Harlin
Wind Rover
Open Fighting Chance and Indian Talk Recounted
A fragmented dialogue shows a plan to take a risky gamble amid a bad year. A telegraph from Ted Marshall is read and the line to “take the fighting chance” is noted while a subordinate jokes about urgency and loyalty.
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Colorado
Marshall
Ted Marshall
Junior
Hardin's Luck and a City in Flames Rumor
Rickard battles to secure dredge machinery as San Francisco burns after an earthquake. Hardin's failure to deliver equipment strands Rickard’s campaign. Gerty and Tom Hardin's tense affair fuels a desert river saga with unresolved passions.
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Hardin
Rickard
San Francisco
Los Angeles
O. P
Yuma
Flardin
Richard
Sant Francisco
Divorce Suit against Non-Resident Louis Toneges filed
In Ripley Circuit Court at Versailles 1919 complaint No. 785 filed by A. Wycoff for Fannie Toneges against Louis A. Toneges. Notice warns non-resident defendant to appear September 1 1919 or default. Clerk Chris H Kassendick signs court seal.
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Ripley
Circuit Court
Fannie Toneges
A. Toneges
Court House
Versailles
A. D
Chris H, Kassendick
The Wrong Man Returns in Mrs. Hardin’s Quiet Turmoil
Mrs. Hardin awaits news of Richard’s return as misread calls tease her with hope. She contemplates fate and coincidence while filling days sewing lace onto pale frocks, recalling her old lover and the impact on her peace of mind.
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Gerty Hardin
Pardin
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Batesville Lumber Co
Nobby Clothing Company