Salinas River, California (Google Maps ⧉, OpenStreetMap ⧉)

"From their barren hills the Hamiltons could look down to the west and see the richness of the bottom land and the greenness around the Salinas River."

"Contentment would flood raging down the valley like the Salinas River in March of a thirty‐inch year."

"That year the rains had come so gently that the Salinas River did not overflow. A slender stream twisted back and forth in its broad bed of gray sand, and the water was not milky with silt but clear and pleasant."

"The sun crept down toward its setting place behind the Salinas River, and a bird began to sing wonderfully from the golden stubble of the field."