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Watauga Democrat

Location

Boone, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jun 21, 1934

Page

6

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.

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.

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.

Babson Silas Babson Nate Tichenor Public Service Corporation

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Outlaws of Kden By Peter B. Kyne W Peter B. K Mr. Babson Bank of Valley Center Bank of Center Federal Farm Loan Nathan Tichenor Bar H Land and Cattle Company 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 Hi-Land Cleaners Blue Ridge Studio Watauga Building and Loan Association W. H. Gragg, Secy Watauga Bank BOONE N. C
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