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Aerial view of dam under construction: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of people in a horse drawn carriage near Fort Callville, Nevada, 1911
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Archival Collection
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Postcard of a motor boat, Lake Mead, circa 1930s
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Salt Lake and Boulder City railroad junction, (Nev.), September 17, 1930
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Archival Collection
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Construction equipment inside of a tunnel: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Report on the water supply in Las Vegas, March 25, 1942
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Archival Collection
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Brief history of water in Las Vegas and overview of the water situation
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Dr. Linda K. Miller oral history interview: transcript
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Archival Collection
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Oral history interview with Dr. Linda K. Miller conducted by Claytee D. White on July 10, 2019 for Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Dr. Miller discusses her early life in Kansas City, Kansas and arriving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 2002. She talks about Helen J. Stewart, the Old Mormon Fort, and the significance of that area. Later, Dr. Miller explains the importance of teaching local history to people in Las Vegas. Lastly, Dr. Miller discusses the process of writing a book about Helen J. Stewart.
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Mary Carol Melton interview, March 5, 1981: transcript
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Archival Collection
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On March 5, 1981, collector Kathy Ricks interviewed Mary Carol Melton (b. April 4th, 1900 in Rockville, Missouri) about her life in Nevada and the development of the United Methodist Church in Las Vegas. Melton speaks about moving to Las Vegas, Nevada because of her husband’s health, her time working with attorney offices and in the Las Vegas Courthouse, and the different homes in which her family lived. Moreover, Melton talks extensively about starting the first Sunday school in North Las Vegas in a garage as well as the church she and her husband built. Melton discusses the programs and minstrels performed in the church, the crafts sold to make money for the church and the organ they purchased. Lastly, Melton talks about going to the Hoover Dam nearly every week to see new developments, her participation in the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), and watching the above ground atomic tests.
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