Outlaws of Eden Valley and a Bankers Scheme
In Eden Valley a land boom follows a hydroelectric surge as Babson plots to flood the Forlorn Valley with a dam project. He targets Bar H land and cattleman Nate Tichenor while Rance Kershaw struggles to meet expenses as Babson consolidates power and seeks water rights through finance and foreclosures.
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Robin Kershaw
Fremont
California
Kershaw
Eden Valley
Kershaws
Joel Hensley
Hensley
Rance Kershaw
Owen
Lorraine
Nate Tichenor
Larry
Forlorn Valley
Valley Center
Middle West Bank
Silas Babson
Iowa
Bank of
Babson
Enas
Bar H. Ranch
San Fran
Bar H ranch sale tussle hints at power deal
Babson considers buying the Bar H ranch through Nate Tichenor while a San Francisco attorney scouts a price for a client. Tichenor reportedly won’t sell, prompting Babson to watch the dam site project near Eden Valley where an engineering crew is surveying for a potential power company purchase.
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Cisco
Bar H
Tichenor
Rance Kershaw
Silas
Babson
Kershaw
San Francisco
Nate Tichenor
Babson Discovers Route to Dam Area Amid Legal Spotlight
The passage describes Silas Babson tracing the engineering party’s stakes along a creek and hill to infer the ditch route toward penstocks. He concludes that if Nate Tichenor’s dam and lake sites were owned by a power company, a public service corporation could condemn the property. The note ends with Babson’s despair and a continuation next week.
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Babson
Silas Babson
Nate Tichenor
Public Service Corporation
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Har H
Savings Bank of San Francisco
Kershaw Ranch
John B. Steele
Boone, North Carolina
Doctor
Buffalo
N. Y
Elisha P. Hussey
West Indies
Bermuda
Virgin Islands
New York
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W. H. Gragg, Secy
Watauga Bank
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