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Craig, Junior

Junior Craig was born around 1921. He moved from Los Angeles, California to Southern Nevada with his father on January 16, 1946 with trucks to work on the construction of Davis Dam. At the time, Craig worked as a trailer court operator. He also worked as a goldminer in Searchlight, Nevada for a couple of years. Craig was also an active member of the civil defense in Clark County, Nevada.

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Tracht, Violet, 1910-2011

Violet L. Oppedy was born in Searchlight, Nevada on May 12, 1910. She grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada and graduated from Las Vegas High School in 1928. She married Dewitt Tracht and moved to Boulder City, Nevada and the couple owned and operated Central Market. She died on November 3, 2011.

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Pizza Restaurant, 1993 August 17

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Collection Number: MS-00843
Collection Name: Alton Dean Jensen Architectural Records
Box/Folder: Roll 172

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Taylor, Erle A., 1919-1996

Erle A. Taylor (1919-1996) served as the Director of Aviation for Clark County, Nevada in the 1970s and oversaw operations at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada as well as regional airports in Searchlight, Jean, and Overton, Nevada.

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Clark County. Draft of Environmental Impact Statement. Las Vegas: Clark County, 1972. Accessed January 8, 2019. https://books.google.com/books?id=8sg1AQAAMAAJ

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KLVX Steamboats on the Colorado Photograph Collection

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PH-00156

Archival Collection

Harry Reid oral history interviews

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OH-03211

Archival Collection

J. W. Sligar Land Surveying Notebooks

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MS-00782

Archival Collection

Thomas, Charles W., 1860-1937

Charles William Thomas was born July 29, 1860 in what would soon become Nevada. He and his family are known as early settlers in Nevada, and lived in various locations around Nevada including Beatty, Pioneer (near Goodsprings), and Searchlight, where he operated a merchantile store. Thomas became the postmaster of Pioneer, Nevada in October 1911. He died on August 16, 1937.

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