ILLUSTRATED
New York
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1917
All rights reserved
Copyright, 1917
By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
Set up and printed. Published May, 1917.
FOREWORD
I desire gratefully to acknowledge my indebtedness to the Smithsonian Institution, the U. S. Reclamation Service, the U. S. Geological Survey, the American Society of Civil Engineers, and the officials of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, for their courtesy in furnishing me information, or permitting me to make use of their maps, diagrams and illustrations.
George Kennan.
CONTENTS
| PAGES | |
|---|---|
| [1. The Salton Sink] | [5] |
| [2. The Creation of the Oasis] | [18] |
| [3. The Runaway River] | [31] |
| [4. The Saving of the Valley] | [61] |
| [5. The Recompense] | [93] |