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Newspaper clipping, Las Vegas Valley water withdrawal keeps even, Las Vegas Review-Journal, July, 21 1948

Date

1948-07-21

Archival Collection

Description

Residents of the Las Vegas Valley were withdrawing water at the same rate as was being recharged.

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Newspaper clipping, Water district for Las Vegas Valley moves step ahead, Las Vegas Review-Journal, August 8, 1948

Date

1948-08-08

Archival Collection

Description

Having received enough petition signatures, water district backers were moving on to the next step: a public meeting to discuss the issue.

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Newspaper clipping, County approves petition for Water District, Las Vegas Review-Journal, August 30, 1948

Date

1948-08-30

Archival Collection

Description

Article describing how the Clark County Commission approved the petition to create a water district and set up plans for an election on the issue.

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Petition by property owners to create the Las Vegas Valley Water District addressed to the Board of Commissioners, Clark County, Nevada, after 1947

Date

1947 to open end

Archival Collection

Description

Text of the petition circulated to real property owners within Clark County to create the Las Vegas Valley Water District. Also included is a map of the area to be supplied with water, which is marked with the proposed boundaries of seven divisions.

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Letter from William Reinhardt (Los Angeles) to G. F. Ashby, September 8, 1948

Date

1948-09-08

Archival Collection

Description

The water company had been requested to extend a pipeline to a new subdivision outside of the Las Vegas city limits for fire protection, but Reinhardt recommended not setting a dangerous precedent.

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Letter from G. F. Ashby (Omaha) to William Reinhardt, September 12, 1948

Date

1948-09-12

Archival Collection

Description

Ashby agreed with Reinhardt that extending water lines beyond the city limits, even for fire protection, set a dangerous precedent

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Newspaper clipping, October 19 set for water district vote, Las Vegas Review-Journal, September 16, 1948

Date

1948-09-16

Archival Collection

Description

Clark County Commission set October 19, 1948 as the date for a vote on the creation of the Las Vegas Valley Water District

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Letter including map from William Reinhardt (Los Angeles) to G. F. Ashby regarding proposed Las Vegas Valley Water District, September 20, 1948

Date

1948-09-20

Archival Collection

Description

Map of the proposed Las Vegas Valley Water District with introductory letter.

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Letter from A. M. Folger (Las Vegas) to William Reinhardt, September 27, 1948, and newspaper clipping, From where I sit, Las Vegas Review-Journal, September 26, 1948

Date

1948-09-27

Archival Collection

Description

In the enclosed editorial sent with correspondence, Cahlan expressed a concern that if the water district were created, they would begin to get their water from Lake Mead, which of necessity would be chlorinated.

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Transcript of meeting regarding the Las Vegas Valley Water District, held under the auspices of Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, October 1, 1948

Date

1948-10-01

Archival Collection

Description

Transcript of a meeting to discuss the creation of the Las Vegas Valley Water District

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