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The Salton Sea:

An Account of Harriman's Fight with the Colorado River
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Macmillan, 1917 - Salton Sea (Calif.) - 106 pages

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Absolutly AMAZING story or unselfishness, and morallity towards others. Harriman is truly a unsung HERO for Southern California.

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Contents

The Salton Sink
5
The Creation of the Oasis
18
The Runaway River
31
Copyright

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The Salton Sea: An Account of Harriman's Fight with the Colorado River (1917)
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Avian disease at the Salton Sea
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TitleThe Salton Sea: An Account of Harriman's Fight with the Colorado River
AuthorGeorge Kennan
PublisherMacmillan, 1917
Original fromthe University of California
DigitizedAug 22, 2008
Length106 pages
  
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