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The River The River by Ednah Aiken
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“Are you interested in irrigation? . . . Of course you are, if you are a western man. . . . Irrigation is the creed of the West. Gold brought people to this country; water, scientifically applied, will keep them here.”
Ednah Aiken, The River
“The desert is a condition, not a fact”
Ednah Aiken, The River
“The Colorado's an unknown quantity. . . . The Indians call her a yellow dragon, but she's a tricky woman, she's an eel.”
Ednah Aiken, The River