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Photograph of Union Pacific Railroad Depot in Boulder City (Nev.), 1974
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Archival Collection
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Supplemental agreement (blanks filled in) between Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad and partner companies and the Las Vegas Water District, C. L. D. No. 11342-1, 1954
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Archival Collection
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The purchase contract for the Las Vegas Land and Water Company allows for the contract to be annulled if its bonds are not sold by December 31, 1953. This contract rescinds that deadline, allowing as much time as needed for the sale of the bonds. Agreement that all parties will ignore the provision that any party can terminate the agreement if the bonds do not sell by May 1, 1954.
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Photograph of remains of the Bonnie Claire Mill, Bonnie Claire (Nev.), 1906-1928
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of train station and caboose, (Nev.), 1890-1910
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Archival Collection
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Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad car: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.G. Reidhead Family. The railroad car says, "TONOPAH & TIDEWATER". It also says, "BAGGAGE U.S. MAIL 99", and "RAILWAY EXPRESS AGENCY".
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Photograph of ruins of a train station, Goldfield (Nev.), 1918-1928
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of railroad pass in the desert, (Nev.), 1906-1928
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Archival Collection
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Postcard of Union Pacific Station, Las Vegas, circa 1940
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Archival Collection
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Las Vegas Land & Water Company Records from the Las Vegas Valley Water District
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The Las Vegas Land & Water Company Records from the Las Vegas Valley Water District (1918-1989) are primarily comprised of contracts, correspondence, and maps that document the establishment of a water distribution system in Las Vegas, Nevada that would provide water using the state's Colorado River allocation. The records include water main extension agreements, correspondence, and bills of sale for water main construction, as well as articles and correspondence documenting the groundwater shortage in Las Vegas. The collection also includes maps for water distribution systems and pipelines throughout the Las Vegas Valley.
Archival Collection
Resolution by Las Vegas Valley Water District to amend June 1, 1953 agreement, March 26, 1954
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Archival Collection
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Resolution by the Las Vegas Valley Water District to amend part of their agreement between Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company, Union Pacific Railroad Company, and Las Vegas Land and Water Company. The June 1, 1953 document stated that one of the conditions by which the agreement could be terminated was if the bonds were not sold by December 31, 1953. This resolution changed this date to May 1, 1954. Link to original agreement located in Relations field.
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