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The Fairbanks' home in the background in Shoshone, California: photographic print

Date

1910 to 1915

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.F. Lowe Family. Shoshone, California, between 1910 and 1915. Herman Jones is second from the left. Fourth from the right is Celestia Fairbanks, grandmother of Celesta Lisle Lowe. Third from right is R. J. "Dad" Fairbanks, husband of Celestia Fairbanks and grandfather of Celesta Lisle Lowe. Shorty Harris, co-discoverer of Bullfrog, often stayed in one of the Fairbanks bedrooms. He was noted for his loud snoring, which often caused people to think he was snoring to death

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W. I. Booth and A. Allen Photograph Album of Goldfield, Nevada

Identifier

PH-00355

Abstract

The W. I. Booth and A. Allen Photograph Album of Goldfield, Nevada (approx. 1900-1910) contains forty-five black-and-white photographs taken by photographers W. I. Booth and A. Allen. The images depict the Goldfield, Nevada townsite; mines, miners, camps, and equipment; horses pulling freight and carriages across the desert; and topographical features of Goldfield and outlying areas. The photographs document the mining boom in the Goldfield area during the early 20th century.

Archival Collection

Stone depot: photographic print

Date

1967-07-29

Description

View of stone depot in Rhyolite. Typewritten on photo sleeve: "MASSIVE STONE DEPOT which once served three separate railroads - the Tonopah and Tidewater, the Bullfrog and Goldfield, and the Las Vegas and Tonopah - now is the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Herschel Heisler, who have filled the lower floors with mementos of Rhyolite's short bonanza years in the first decade of the century. Mrs. Heisler's brother, N. C. Westmoreland, operated a desert resort in the station from 1935 until the mid-1940's. General George Patton was a guest here when training his troops in Arizona for the African desert action of World War II." [N[evada] T[est] S[ite] News March 15, 1963 p. 4]

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Transcript of interview with Byron Underhill by Joyce Moore, March 20, 2002

Date

2002-03-20

Description

Byron Underhill's father owned the first Coca-Cola bottling plant, the first beer distributorship, and the first bowling alley in Las Vegas. Byron moved here from Needles, Calif., with his family in 1927. Byron later took over the bottling plant, served in the Army as an aircraft mechanic and a glider pilot during World War II, was a private pilot who worked with Search and Rescue, played in various bands, and suggested to the Lions club that they found a burn unit at University Medical Center that is still the only one in the state

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