Overland Pacific Chief Teaches Rickard Hardin Rivalry
Synopsis follows Rickard an engineer called to the Overland Pacific office of President Mars Ariz. Casey Hardin is in love with Gerty Holmes and wears bold clothes. Rickard initially resists a transfer to Imperial Valley but is persuaded. Mars declares Stop the river, damn the expense. Rickard travels to Calexico to inspect irrigation works and learns more about Har Calexico.
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K. Co
Hin
Mars
Rickard
Red Desert
Har
Calexico
Mu Din
Fornia
Hardin
Innes
Tom Hardin
Tom
Gerty
Desert Warden's Deserted Heart in Turmoil
Hardin, a desert project leader, grapples with failed romance and professional bitterness after a windstorm devastates his life. He recalls Gerty, Elo, Innes, and Marshall as he confronts marriage, ambition, and the cost of devotion to a cause amid a strained domestic life.
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Hardin
Tucson
Ramada
Gerty
New York
Innes
Elo
Rose
Desert Dinner Foreshadows Family Tensions At No. 6
Innes observes a tense lunch at the Hardin home where Gerty plans a secretive dinner and a new gown. Tom faces a coercive mood linked to river work and a failing gate project. Jealousy, secrets, and class echoes drive strife as Richard’s Imperial email hints at a wider plot and potential changes ahead.
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Ron
Gerty
The Rivals at the Headgate Office Conflict
Hardin watches the new manager arrive and wrestles with blame for the widened intake. He suspects Maitland discredits him while praising Marshall. Frustration mounts as he imagines continuing with the headgate project despite office meddling. Richard returns with a blunt question about proceeding.
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Hardin
Camp Rickard
Manaer
Richard
Marshall’s
Maitland
Marshall
Sheriff's Election Notice for Gillespie County 1919
The State of Texas Gillespie County sheriff gives notice of an election on July 5 1919 at the Doss Valley School House in Common School District No 24 to decide if district voters approve a tax levy of twenty cents per one hundred dollars for supplements to the State School Fund. Qualified property taxpayers residing in the district may vote. The notice, dated June 9 1919, is issued by Sheriff Klaerner.
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Gerty
Hardin
Lawrence
Innes
Tucson
Los Angeles
Tom
Gert
Chicago
Innes Hardin
State OF Texas
Cillespie
Doss Valley
Commissioners’ Court
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Colorado
Imperial Valley of California
Ednah Aiken
Bobbe-Merrill Company
Broadway
Gerry
Gerty Hardin
Sam
Cali
Pardha
Niobe
Torm
O O. P
MacLean
Mr. Hardin
Tma Hardin
No. 6
D. R
Imperial
Mangnest
Scott & Bowe
toombGeld
N. J
Xitred Klaerner
Gillespie County
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