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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1919
Page
2
Richard arrives in a new town and checks into a dusty hotel. He encounters Gerty Holmes and Innes Hardin, learns Tom Hardin is the valley’s reclamation father, and faces a strained dinner scene revealing past affections and family tensions.
Richard visits the Desert hotel in Calexico and meets the staff and locals. He encounters George MacLean Junior and Pete in the busy office of the Desert Reclamation company. Ogilvie the auditor looms as the new general manager candidate while rumors swirl about Hardin’s firing and Marshall’s quiet takeover.
Engineer Rickard is summoned by President Marshall in Tucson to aid the Imperial Valley crisis. Casey puzzles the office staff with his abrupt career shifts and rumored love triangle with Gerty Holmes. Marshall pushes Rickard to intervene, saying Stop the river, damn the expense. Rickard travels to Calexico to study irrigation and Hardin’s role in the reclamation effort.
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