River Levee Battle Amid Colorado River Crisis
Rickard, sent by President Marshall, clashes with Hardin over a levee project in Calexico as he fights to save the Imperial valley from flood. Innes and Gerty Holmes complicate loyalties while a dust storm nears and workers scramble to defend the river break.
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K. C. Rickard
Overland Pacific
Marshall
Colorado River
Imperial Valley
Thomas Hardin
Desert Reclamation Company
Rickard
Hardin
Eastern
Gerty Holmes
Calexico
Innes Hardin
Innes
Gerty
Gerry Hardin
Levee Crisis Bloodless Clash Around the River
Hardin defies ridicule by directing levee defense as river cuts back toward the towns. Dynamite is ferried from Fassett's under urgent orders while Rickard, Silent, and Innes coordinate amid darkness and storm, with Gerty Hardin confronting danger and dependence.
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Hardin
Actaeon
Bodefeldt
Mexicali
Rickard
Fassett's
Here
Brawley
Los Angeles
Silent
Mr. Hardin
Fassett’s
Harry
Miss Hardin
Innes
Mr. Estrada
Innes Hardin
Richard
Salton
Twin Towns
Parrish
Tom
MacLean
Flood Season Struggle Near Calexico’s Riverfront
As floodwaters threaten Calexico, women assist at the levee while men toil at the riverbank. Innes Harilo searches for Tom Hardin amid midnight chases, tension with Richard Hardin, and a river’s surge that tests town resolve and leadership actions by Rickard and Wooster.
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Innes Harilo
Tom
Hardin
Sam
Richard
Gerty
Innes
The Passing of the Waters Chaotic River Crisis
Babcock rushes from Los Angeles to inspect the river cutback and missing leadership at the Mexicali station. He confronts Estrada and MacLean Jr., witnessing the river erode the bank, debris wreckage, and a car about to topple as responsiblity remains unassigned. The mighty river dominates the scene.
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Babcock
Los Angeles
Ogilvie
MacLean, Jr
Richard
Ieet
MacLean
Mexicali
Estrada
Jac Lean, Jr
Eduardo
Valley Faces Losses If Damage Suits Go Forward
The valley warns of tremendous losses if damage suits against the railroad proceed and ruin if the railroad abandons the fight against the river. Marshall challenges the ranchers as the paper teases the next story.
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Marshall
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Ednah Aiken
Colorado
California
Vam Quire
Lke
Thusnelda
Improvement Club
Darky
Wooster
Casey
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