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Rickard Trains for Imperial Valley Irrigation Role
Engineer Rickard travels to Imperial Valley by rail to join Desert Reclamation led by Hardin. Aides debate irrigation the valley, with a companion arguing irrigation as social reform and a path to the small farm ideal. He arrives at Imperial to take his new post amid mixed public sentiment.
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K. C. Rickard
Overland Pacific Railroad
Marshall
Tuscon
Ariz
Rickard
Colorado River
Thomas Hardin
Desert Reclamation Company
Hardin
Eastern College
Gerty Holmes
Overland Pacific
Imperial Valley
Richard
Imperial Junction
Tucson
Old Beach
Colorado
Mexico
D. R. Company
Sather
Estrada
Hickard
Riverside
South America
Egypt
Damascus
India
Brawley
Utah
Imperial
Ann Arbor
Palo Alto
Brandon
Brown Necktie
Beard
Overland Pacific Lines
Desert Hotel
Darky
Bank of Calexico
Calexico