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Hand-drawn map of the Mormon Fort and Las Vegas Valley from a letter by John Steele to Brigham Young, circa 1855

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1850 to 1859

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Hand-drawn map showing area around the Mormon Fort in Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1855. Handwritten in lower right: 'To President George A. Smith. This is drawn not according to any particular rule being my first attempt at drawing but it may serve to give you an idea of the Las Vegas. John Steele.' Copy print of material in LDS Archives. Scale not given..

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map000201

Physical Identifier

0014 0012
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    map000201. Fred and Maurine Wilson Photographs. PH-00014. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1dj58x69

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    Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room

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    University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

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