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Aqua Pura's Fall A Tale Of Drought and Pride
Barringer, Aqua Pura's last holdout, faced the 1887 drought and 1890s fevered decline as eastern capitalists fled and the town withered. He clung to a dream of rain and return, keeping books beside him as the prairie dried, until rain finally came and he died amid ruined balances and ruined hopes.
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Kansas
Gaul
New York
Pennsylvania
Aqua Pura
Agua Pura
Barringer
Fountain County
Board of County Commissioners
Opera House
McHicago Air Line
Foun
Baeringer
Johnson
Barome
Piss
Ringer
Mary
Tarringer
Manilla
Twillight
Hutchinson
Newton
Hell
Nichols
Bemis
Bradley
Hicks
Dick Barringer
Richard Barringer
Mr. Barringer
Maise
Jahson
Nickols
God
Lazarus
Abraham