1:The gold-producing town of Redding soon found itself in the unenviable position of a scrap of meat being torn by three jealous vultures.
2:Sooner than many would have expected there was nothing left of the scrap that was once Redding, for Vault City, New Reno, and the New California Republic had laid waste to what was once an area of plenty.
3:Nothing now exists but the desiccated husk of what once was Redding.