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Richard T. Chapter oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Richard T. Chapter conducted by Stan Hawkins on March 6, 1979 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview Stan Hawkins discusses the cost of living in Las Vegas, Nevada, Howard Hughes, the Boulder Dam, the Union Pacific Railroad, the old Mormon Fort, gambling, local businesses, and the weather in Las Vegas.
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Perle Garrett oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Perle Garrett conducted by Marilyn Swanson on March 02, 1975 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview Perle Garrett discusses Boulder City during the 1930s, the building of the Boulder Dam, Six Companies houses, family life, churches in Las Vegas, Nevada, and recreational activities for local children.
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Transcript of interview with Helen Early by Dale Forshee, February 26 & 27, 1979
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On February 26 and 27, 1979, Dale Forshee interviewed Helen Early (born 1919 in Des Moines, Iowa) about her life in Southern Nevada. Early first talks about her arrival to Las Vegas and the early development of the city. She also talks about some of the first businesses in Las Vegas, the initial development of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and the early nightclubs and casinos in the city. Early also discusses her work in establishing a school for disabled children before discussing other topics related to McCarran Airport, Bugsy Siegel, Senator Walter Baring, the first churches in Las Vegas, and the Helldorado Parade.
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Film transparency showing building construction in Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1930s-1940s
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Film transparency of Labor Day Parade, Las Vegas, 1930
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Garrett, Theodore Robert, 1898-1980
Theodore Garrett was born November 25, 1898 in Overbrook, Kansas. He went into the United States Army in 1917, but was discharged in 1919 and had to go back to farming at home until the Great Depression. He was working at a railroad company when he got wind of Hoover (Boulder) Dam being constructed in Nevada, so he moved there to find a stable job on January 15, 1931. While he was employed at the Union Pacific Railroad Company, Garrett was a truck driver.
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Letter from H. C. Mann (Omaha) to W. M. Jeffers, November,12, 1935
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Letter from H. C. Mann discussing Walter Bracken's recommendation to drill a new well to guarantee water for irrigation on the Las Vegas Ranch. Bracken's letter is referenced below.
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