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Photograph of remains of early canals of the 1860s built by members of the Muddy-Cotton Mission, circa 1948
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Elbert Edwards and another man standing in a dry irrigation canal in the Moapa Valley.
Transcribed Notes: Handwritten inscription on back
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Photograph of irrigation water from the Muddy River, circa 1948
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Elbert Edwards and another man standing next to a contemporary irrigation canal in the Moapa Valley.
Transcribed Notes: Handwritten inscription on back
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Photograph of water of the Muddy River diverted for irrigation, circa 1948
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Elbert Edwards and another man next to a modern irrigation canal in the Moapa Valley.
Transcribed Notes: Handwritten inscription on back
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Photograph of Elbert Edwards and unidentified man examining soil, Moapa Valley, circa 1948
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Elbert Edwards and another man studying erosion in the Moapa Valley.
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Photograph of the Muddy River, Moapa Valley, Nevada, circa 1948
Date
Archival Collection
Description
The Muddy River.
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Photograph of an irrigation pipe and the Muddy River, Moapa Valley, Nevada, 1948
Date
Archival Collection
Description
A drainage pipe from an irrigation project hanging out over the edge of the banks of the Muddy River.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Remains of an irrigation project in Moapa Valley. (1948)"
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Photograph of Gordon Bettles and unknown men in a rye field on the T & T Ranch, Nevada, 1949
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Gordon Bettles and two others inspecting the rye in preparation for cutting it on the T & T Ranch in the Amargosa Valley.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Inscription on the back of the original photo, written by Billie Bettles in the 1980s reads: this [picture] was made the day they were cutting rye, 1949. House and outbuildings were constructed by Gordon Bettles on the T & T Ranchk, Amargosa Valley, NV, about 1949. The house pictured on the right was moved to this location from Death Valley Junction, California, by the Bettles. A field of rye is pictured in the foreground. The man on the right is Gordon Bettles and the 2 men on the left are unidentified, though the man on the far left may be M. P. 'Gless' Glessner."
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Photograph of an artesian well on the T & T Ranch, Nevada, 1953
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Artesian well used for irrigation on the T & T Ranch.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Water flowing from a well on Gordon and Billie Bettles' farm, T& T Ranch, Amargosa Valley, NV, ca. 1953. The Bettles' home is visible in the background on the right. As of 1990, the house was occupied by Betty-Jo Boyd and her husband. The well and irrigation system were installed ca. 1920 by the T & T's original owners, executives of the Pacific Coast Borax Company."
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Photograph of an artesian well on the T & T Ranch, Nevada, 1949
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Artesian Well used for irrigation on the T & T Ranch.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Home of Gordon and Billie Bettles, T & T Ranch, Amargosa Valley, Nevada, ca. 1949. This picture shows what the Bettles' homesite looked like prior to the growth of the many trees and shrubs the Bettles planted. The flagpole was set in place shortly after the house was moved onto the property."
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Photograph of farmland on the T & T Ranch, Nevada, circa 1953
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Men irrigating new alfalfa on the T & T Ranch in the Amargosa Valley.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Irrigating land newly planted in alfalfa, T & T Ranch, Amargosa Valley, Nevada, about 1952 or 1954. Gordon Bettles is pictured with the shovel. The child pictured in the foreground is a niece of Bob Fishel and Betty Lou Kemp, daughter of M.P. Gless' Glessner. Note the profile of the sleeping old man silhouetted along the crest of the Funeral Mountains."
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