Hardin Gone and Rickard Faces a Damaged Crew
Synopsis follows K C Rickard an Overland Pacific engineer sent by President Marshall to halt river ravages in the Imperial valley. He confronts hostility from Hardin’s loyal engineers at Calexico while managing a levee plan and a gate project amid a dust storm and urgent river crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. C. Rickard
Overland Pacific
Marshall
Colorado River
Imperial Valley
Thomas Hardin
Desert Reclamation Company
Richard
Hardin
Eastern
Gerty Holmes
Rickard
Calexico
Uardin
Hurdin
Gerry Hardin
Levee Crisis Drives Hardin to Fassett's for Dynamite
On the levee Hardin battles confusion as river and wind threaten the towns. Rickard orders dynamite from Fassett's while Silent drills crews and Gerty Hardin seeks her brother amid a tense night.
Floodfighting Women and Heroic Hardin at the ABC Ranch
Amid renewed flood danger Mrs. Hardin and Mrs. Blinn rally with the Improvement club to plant trees in Calexico streets. Innes Hardin seeks Sam and visits the levee as Richard Rickard orders Wooster back, while Tom Hardin fights upriver with men and prevents a collapse as the river overruns Estrada roadbed and threatens Mexicali.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Mrs. Hardin
Innes Hardin
Ton
Hardin
Sam
Richard
Gerty
Innes
Wes
Tom
Thusnelda
Improvements Club
Darky
Mexicali
Wooster
Estrada
Casey
Rickard
Bodefeldt
The Passing of the Waters Ends in River Flood Crisis
Babcock rushes from Los Angeles to confront river cutting and neglect. On the Mexicali levee he confronts Estrada and MacLean Jr. as debris caps the bank and a station car teeters toward the flood. The river’s power overwhelms efforts to stop the damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babcock
Los Angeles
Ogilvie
MacLean, Jr
Richard
MacLean
Mexicali
Estrada
Sface Lean, Jr
Hstrada
Carp
Eduardo
Also Mentioned on This Page
California
Actaeon
Budefeldt
Fassett's
Brawley
Silent
Fassett’s
Mexicall
Dom
Slent
Harry
Miss Hardin
Mr. Estrada
Salton
Twin Towns
Parrish
Rilroad
Pdpen
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