The Great Yellow Dragon and a Tucson Engineer
In a vivid vignette unfolds a western power struggle where Tod Marshall, master of Western progress, clashes with the river’s grip on the Imperial Valley. Rickard, a rising engineer in Tucson, waits as Marshall’s plans unfold, revealing ambitions to mold politics and industry through a river-diversion project and a battle of minds.
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Imperial Valley
California
Ednah Aiken
Marshall Sende
Rickard
Stuart
Tucson
K. O. Rickard
Kien
Flo
Mexico
Overland Pacifice
Wyoming
Fayers
Marshall
Wen
Tim
Seagtln
Marshall's
Wader Stratton
Kirkard
Tu Marshall
Marhall
Eversork
Hiv Claudio
Siemard
Itern
Dame
Hanlin
Bine
Theuery
Ter
Hardin
Ae Morehall
Tom Hardin
Gine
Lawrence
Gerty Holes
Houlderpas
Eve
Sokdler
Ead Hare
Tod Marshall
Aeetiem
Sam
Marahull Nimeel
Portiape
México
Musicm
Jerry Matson
Ife
Iberium
Claudia
Ted Marshall
Richard
Ren
Tod Mashall
Arizona
Smythe
San Francisco
Hickard
River’s Runaway Tale Pushes Engineer To Lead
Richard Rickard debates taking a perilous assignment to stem a catastrophic Colorado River flood driven by Hardin’s failed desert project. Marshall pressures him, arguing a grim duty and historic outcome demand immediate action down the Salton corridor.
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Wong
Colorado
Salton
Gralnerd
Rickaya
Harding
Marshall
Richard
Hardin
Tom Hardin
Laguna
Kink
Faraday
Estrada
Mae
Wen Powell
Bilturde
Rickard Faces Desert Company Secrets in Valley Trial
Rickard ventures inward and gains sense of the challenges tied to his mission. He starts to grasp why the valley distrusts the D R, the enterprise Hardin fathered that settled the desert. Go In with Rickard in the next installment.
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Rickard
D. R
Hardin
Virtue Can Be Overdone In Quiet Conduct
A meditation on virtue warns that selflessness and complaisance, while lovely, can become irritating failings when carried to excess, risking social friction and personal ineffectiveness.
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By Ednah Aiken
Elferk
Mia
Fils Superior
Ters
Guadalajara
Broadway
Desert Reclamation Company
Desert Project
Asready
Holmes
Salton Sea
Gerry Holmes
O. P
Service
Reclamation Service
Pee Bari
Maed
Tom Marshall
Pshaw
Railroads