Search Results
Aerial photograph of Las Vegas, 1915
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Aerial view of Las Vegas in 1915.
Image
Aerial photograph of Union Pacific Railroad yards, Las Vegas, late 1920s
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Aerial view of Las Vegas and Union Pacific Railroad yards.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from back of photo: "[Identified by Dave Coons as LV Valley w/UPRR yards in Foreground. Late 1920s?] [Kim Geary - Roberts IDs ca 1931. EP 6-21-84]."
Image
Photograph of the Union Plaza a month after opening (Las Vegas), 1971
Date
Archival Collection
Description
View of the newly completed Union Plaza. Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Aerial view of the completed Union Plaza Hotel & Casino. The Las Vegas freeway and Union Pacific Railroad in the background. Aug. 3, 1971." Stamped on original: "Union Pacific Photo Division - Public Relations. 5480 Ferguson Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90022. Aug 3 1971"
Site Name: Union Plaza
Address: 1 South Main Street
Image
Aerial photograph of the Hotel Last Frontier, 1940s
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Aerial view of the Hotel Last Frontier with a Union Pacific train in the background
Site Name: Frontier
Address: 3120 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Image
Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Los Angeles) to E. E. Calvin (Los Angeles), March 9, 1926
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Letter to the Las Vegas Land and Water Company president about the cost of turning the Las Vegas Ranch into a demonstration ranch. The letter makes it very clear that the primary motivation in creating a demonstration ranch is the protection of their water rights.
Text
Telegram from A. E. Stoddard (Omaha) to E. E. Bennett (Los Angeles), March 17, 1953
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Discussion of how Las Vegas Land and Water Company ownership of all water production would affect their tax situation and the pros and cons of the railroad being named a public utility.
Text
Letter from William Reinhardt (Los Angeles) to A. E. Stoddard, September 30, 1952
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Discussion of strategy to resist the railroad being forced to spend money to increase water production; Letter has date stamps from E.E.B., E.C.R. and U.P. R.R. Law Department, Los Angeles. "80-12" is written in red pencil in top right corner.
Text
Letter from E. E. Bennett (Los Angeles) to William Reinhardt, September 30, 1952
Date
Archival Collection
Description
The ability of the railroad to resist demands to increase water production would be aided if water production facilities were solely in the possession of the Las Vegas Land and Water Company
Text
Letter from Roy A. Wehe (San Francisco) to Edward C. Renwick (Los Angeles), November 23, 1951
Date
Archival Collection
Description
If the Union Pacific should divest itself of water production to the Las Vegas Land and Water Company, Wehe describes what the operation of the company should look like. Letter has several date stamps, including one from E. E. Bennett and one from the Union Pacific Railroad Law Department.
Text
Supplemental agreement (blanks not filled) between Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad and partner companies and the Las Vegas Water District, C. L. D. No. 11362-1, 1954
Date
Archival Collection
Description
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.
Text