The Rain Wizard: The Amazing, Mysterious, True Life of Charles Mallory Hatfield
FOR CAROLYN P YoDER
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I DROUGHT Charles Mallory Hatfield's camp on a ridge above the northern shore of Morena Reservoir in the backcountry of San Diego County California resembled a military outpost In a way that is exactly what it was on New Year’s Day 1916 Surrounded by a perimeter fence two white munitions tents glinted in the morning sun One served as an office and sleeping quarters for the two men manning the camp Hatfield age forty and his twenty five year old brother Joel The other was used to store their supplies and at least twenty three secret chemicals An observation tower wrapped in heavy black tar paper for privacy had been erected a few yards away The platform stood a dozen or so feet above the ground Charles Hatfield wearing a fedora and carrying a rifle could be seen from time to time patrolling the fence intent on keeping unwanted visitors at a
