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Letter from Mr. Wood (Las Vegas) to Walter R. Bracken, February 13, 1926
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Archival Collection
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Suggestions of a few minor changes that would allow the Las Vegas Ranch to become profitable in a few years time, as it has the essential fundamentals.
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Letter from F. R. McNamee (Los Angeles) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), August 15, 1913
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Archival Collection
Description
McNamee detailed the exact amount of water due the Stewarts and approved the installation of a pipe to guarantee delivery.
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Photograph of flood damage in Stine, Nevada, 1905
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Archival Collection
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Flooding in Stine, Nevada, 1905. View of damage to the railroad tracks.
Transcribed Notes: Notes on attached sheet: 'Dad's B&B outfit in background'
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Letter from F. H. Knickerbocker (Los Angeles) to F. E. Pettit, Jr., August 16, 1924
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Archival Collection
Description
Discussion of what measures should be taken to control the flow from the new artesian well near the Las Vegas Springs.
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Report on Las Vegas water situation from F. H. Knickerbocker (Los Angeles) to W. M. Jeffers, April 4, 1936
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Archival Collection
Description
Comparisons of water supply and use in Las Vegas with future projections. Document compares data on water consumption in 1931 and 1935. Link to Bracken's letter referred to in this document is in the references field.
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Letter from E. E. Bennett to Howard W. Blanchard (Washington, D. C.), April 19, 1954
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Archival Collection
Description
Bennett was requesting the name of the chairman of the Senate Interior and Insular Affairs Committee as well as members so see if there were any that he could influence for a favorable passage of the water district right-of-way bills.
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Grant of easement, Las Vegas Land and Water Company, Audit No. 5353, June 1, 1954
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Archival Collection
Description
Granting of an easement by the Union Pacific Railroad to the Las Vegas Valley Water District for the purpose of maintaining the water supply facilities. Notarized by Louis Scholnick in Douglas County, Nebraska on June 3, 1954.
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Newspaper clipping, Vegas urged to resume water ration, Reno Evening Gazette, April 21, 1954
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Archival Collection
Description
The article includes the Las Vegas Valley Water District's proposal to drill two new wells to augment the water supply and the Union Pacific Railroad's request that the Las Vegas city commissioners reinstate water rationing. The piece of paper to which the newspaper clipping is attached has a dated stamp from the law department of the Union Pacific Railroad Company.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Fred Knickerbocker (Los Angeles), October 14, 1924
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Archival Collection
Description
The temporary expedients they used to bring the new well into production, like the makeshift settling pond, needed to be permanently settled before the state and county health authorities got involved. The office of Mr. Osborne and Engineer McKee is mentioned.
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Grant of easement, Las Vegas Land and Water Company, Audit No. 5352, June 1, 1954
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Archival Collection
Description
Granting of an easement by the Union Pacific Railroad to the Las Vegas Valley Water District for the purpose of maintaining the water supply facilities. Notarized by Louis Scholnick in Douglas County, Nebraska on June 3, 1954.
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