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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Will Wittwer (Las Vegas), September 8, 1939

Date

1939-09-08

Archival Collection

Description

Letter informing Wittwer that he was responsible for laying pipe to direct the new water from the new well.

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Work order authority for extensions and additions to existing property, September 6, 1939

Date

1939-09-06

Archival Collection

Description

Engineering department work order detailing work to be done and estimate for new well on the Las Vegas Ranch.

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Frank Strong (Los Angeles), September 27, 1939

Date

1939-09-27

Archival Collection

Description

Letter stating status of the work and cost of well drilling on the Las Vegas Ranch.

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Las Vegas Ranch well log, circa October 2, 1939

Date

1939-10-02 (approximate)

Archival Collection

Description

Well drilling log for a well drilled on the Las Vegas Ranch

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Letter from Leo A. McNamee (Las Vegas) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), November 1, 1939

Date

1939-11-01

Archival Collection

Description

Letter explaining the application to appropriate public waters. The unsigned application and well log are referenced below.

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Application for permit to appropriate the public waters of the State of Nevada, November 1939

Date

1939-11

Archival Collection

Description

Application for the Las Vegas Land and Water Company to appropriate the water from a new well on the Las Vegas Ranch. Original Collection: Union Pacific Railroad Collection 97-19

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Leo A. McNamee (Las Vegas), November 2, 1939

Date

1939-11-02

Archival Collection

Description

Letter accompanying application for the Las Vegas Land and Water Co. to have permission to use the new well on the Las Vegas Ranch. The unsigned application is referenced below.

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Letter from Leo A. McNamee to Alfred Merritt Smith (Carson City), November 6, 1939

Date

1939-11-06

Archival Collection

Description

Letter to the state engineer accompanying the application to allow the Las Vegas Land and Water co. access to water on the Las Vegas Ranch. The unsigned application is referenced below.

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Letter from Tiza and Mina Stewart and Evaline Stewart Stay (Las Vegas) to Leo McNamee (Las Vegas), December 6, 1939

Date

1939-12-06

Archival Collection

Description

Copy of the letter from the Stewart family demanding reparations for damages caused by the lack of water which should have been delivered to them by the Union Pacific Railroad Company.

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to William M. Jeffers (Omaha, Nebraska), December 17, 1939

Date

1939-12-17

Archival Collection

Description

Bracken telling Jeffers that the Stewarts were seeking financial gain from the railroad company, yet something needed be done to supply them with water. He gave three possible solutions. A copy of Stewart heirs' letter is referenced below.

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