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Hotel Ossawinamakee, Christmas menu, date unknown

Date

1870 to 1933

Archival Collection

Description

Note: Embossed image on menu cover. Noted on menu: "The water used on these tables is from our own artesian well." Restaurant: Hotel Ossawinamakee Location: Manistique, Michigan, United States

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Letter from F. R. McNamee (Los Angeles) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), August 27, 1913

Date

1913-08-27

Archival Collection

Description

McNamee asking for information regarding the Buol well and discussing the possibility of the Las Vegas Land and Water Co. buying land in the vicinity of the Las Vegas Springs to protect their water rights and prevent litigation.

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Frank Strong, October 11, 1945

Date

1945-10-11

Archival Collection

Description

Bracken asks if the Las Vegas Land and Water Co. should oppose a proposed well by Kenny Searles.

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Entrance to the Pahrump Valley Hotel: photographic print

Date

1916

Archival Collection

Description

Entrance gate to Pahrump Valley Company which includes the hotel, ranch, school, homes, etc in 1916. Notice water flowing across road; it was from an artesian well and was used for irrigation. Handwritten inscription on back of photo reads, "1916 entrance gate to Pahrump Valley Compny Ranch,Store, School; hotel, boarding house, bunk house, blacksmith shop, duplex homes, implement shed, home of ranch foreman. Notoce water flowingacross the road. From the spring, pools artesian well across corrall & fields where it was ditched for irrigation." It also has this stamp on the back, Pahrump Tribune P. O. Box218A Pahrump, NV 89041.

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