The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 112National Geographic Society, 1957 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... Valley - Victorville road . " Do - it - yourself " builders create everything from one - room shacks to four - room cottages . " Our Haven from Slavin ' " be- speaks their philosophy . Young Settler Gets an Outdoor Bath Pamela , the ...
... Valley - Victorville road . " Do - it - yourself " builders create everything from one - room shacks to four - room cottages . " Our Haven from Slavin ' " be- speaks their philosophy . Young Settler Gets an Outdoor Bath Pamela , the ...
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... Valleys . This desert bowl , 235 feet below sea level , is the deep- est depression in North America after Death Valley , a minus - 282 - foot dry sink 210 miles to the north . Water , fed by the Colorado River , escapes only by ...
... Valleys . This desert bowl , 235 feet below sea level , is the deep- est depression in North America after Death Valley , a minus - 282 - foot dry sink 210 miles to the north . Water , fed by the Colorado River , escapes only by ...
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... valley farmers get water whenever they want it . " We don't pray for rain , " they say ; " we tele- phone for it . " A call to the Imperial Irrigation District produces the exact amount needed . Rain - about three inches a year - is not ...
... valley farmers get water whenever they want it . " We don't pray for rain , " they say ; " we tele- phone for it . " A call to the Imperial Irrigation District produces the exact amount needed . Rain - about three inches a year - is not ...
Contents
Across the Frozen Desert to Byrd Station Tractorborne Explorers | vi |
To the Men at South Pole Station By Rear Admiral Richard E Byrd | 1 |
Fledgling Wings of the Air Force By Thomas W McKnew | 266 |
Copyright | |
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