From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series IV. Pahrump, Nevada -- Subseries IV.F. Hafen Family. George Slater, manager of Pahrump's cotton gin, Walt Williams, Perry Bowman, a Calcot official (name not known) and Tim Hafen (identified from left to right).
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series IV. Pahrump, Nevada -- Subseries IV.F. Hafen Family. The apples were grown on the Hafen Ranch, probably early 1980s.
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series IV. Pahrump, Nevada -- Subseries IV.F. Hafen Family. A display of some old farm machinery, including a manure spreader and a concrete mixer is shown. The mixer, a Rex model, was built in 1903. It was powered by a LeRoy engine with a water cooler around a cylinder.
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series IV. Pahrump, Nevada -- Subseries IV.F. Hafen Family. The building was constructed of railroad ties, as were a number of buildings in the valley from that era.
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series IV. Pahrump, Nevada -- Subseries IV.F. Hafen Family. The cotton gin closed permanently in 1983.
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series IV. Pahrump, Nevada -- Subseries IV.F. Hafen Family. The award was presented by the Junior Chamber of Commerce for Governor Charles Russell. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Ezra Taft Benson, presented the award. U.S. Senator Molly Malone stands in the background with Beldon Katleman, owner of the El Rancho, at the El Rancho Hotel, Nevada.