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Chart of Las Vegas water consumption, circa May 1939
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Archival Collection
Description
1939 Las Vegas water consumption by month showing a daily average per month.
Transcribed Notes: Handwritten numbers on the sheet
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Panoramic photograph of Las Vegas taken from Salt Lake depot, August 1905
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Photograph of Las Vegas in August 1905, looking east down Fremont Street from the Salt Lake depot under construction. Place identified on photo as Los Vegas Nevada.
Transcribed Notes: Handwritten inscription on back: From JW Wilson June 13 1951. 1. Brick stove brought by D. Farnsworth 2. First State Bank 3. L.V. Land & Water. Notes on attached sheet: From Salt Lake Depot then under construction.
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Letter from W. H. Johnson (Las Vegas) to L. V. Peart (Omaha), November 7, 1952
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Letter stating the total amount of water sold in Las Vegas during October 1952.
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Letter from W. H. Johnson (Las Vegas) to L. V. Peart (Omaha), October 10, 1952
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Letter stating the total amount of water sold in Las Vegas during September 1952.
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Telegram from Frank Strong (Los Angeles) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), August 19, 1939
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Telegram informing Bracken that Union Pacific Railroad President Jeffers had approved the drilling of a well on the Las Vegas Ranch.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to William Wittwer Estate (Las Vegas), May 1, 1942
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Bracken informs the Wittwer Estate that the spring near the Las Vegas Ranch is running again and needs to be covered and locked.
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Letter from Frank Strong (Los Angeles) to G. F. Ashby, January 2, 1945
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Notice of the opinion of Union Pacific Railroad attorney that it is possible to sell the Las Vegas Ranch while keeping the water rights associated with it.
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Telegram from William H. Comstock (Los Angeles) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), July 30, 1919
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Request to shut off water to the ice plant or the town while passenger trains are being filled, owing to low water pressure causing departure delays.
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Telegram from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to W. H. Comstock and J. Ross Clark (Los Angeles), December 8, 1919
Date
Archival Collection
Description
The pipeline between the springs and the shops had burst. Two weeks had passed and still the water service was not working on it. Bracken requested that it be fixed immediately.
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Telegram from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to W. H. Comstock and C. F. Miller (Los Angeles), June 11, 1921
Date
Archival Collection
Description
The water situation in Las Vegas was very serious. Water pressure was so low that there was no water in any second story in town.
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