| OCR Text |
Show CHAPTER VII SOME CRACKS APPEAR "Things do they are IN THE DAM not happen in this brought about." world --Hays If one taking were of San Bernardino bility have in the mid predicted this promising were rich with l850,s, The and timber: look at the would h settlement all in wholescme and prosperous a city. new far off a soil the seemed for the mountains fertile: was location proba future to be natural a gateway for travel between southern California and the expanse of to the desert In east. was settled who were by and mountain industrious, intent on just much more than They were led what would by be had landed a and people allover crades in as 1855. a simple the that I he if But sometimes a tiny sentinel California cattle to good to expected some firm crack produce graze upon. place emphasis of Everything found was a for all. was Yes, wer e on it from Utah their in them to off observer far what otherwise silent a sober minded l'wlormons the could have of soil seemed common California this as abiding group of people grass who men for stood rapidly growing community law rich valuable catch. However 10oJe, the maRing wise best certainly appeared closer this addition, an that favor succeed. to taJee a studied faint but unmistaJcable foundation in a dam -- can even as early eventually |
