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Hardin's Luck Foretold by Rickard in Imperial Valley Crisis
K C Rickard an Overland Pacific engineer is sent by President Marshall to halt Colorado River destruction in the Imperial Valley. He faces opposition from Desert Reclamation head Thomas Trardin and from Innes Hardin who resents his rise. Rickard aims to push levee work and secure a gate to stop the river break despite hostility.
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K. C. Rickard
Overland Pacific
Marshall
Colorado River
Imperial Valley
Thomas Trardin
Desert Reclamation Company
Rickard
Tlardin
Eastern College
Gerty Thlmes
Calexico
Mardin
Tickard
Hardin
Tom
Lawrence
Gerty Hardin
Richard
Gerty Holmes
Jardin
Innes
Gerty
Olster
Desert Hotel
Patton
Hatfield
MacLean
Coronel
Gerry Hardin
Bach
Wes
Cereigony
Gerty Vardin
Aprain