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Photograph of a ranch house, Las Vegas (Nev.), circa 1905

Date

1904 to 1906

Description

Ranch house and southwest wall of Mormon Fort. The building on the left was the headquarters of the Las Vegas Ranch. Site Name: Mormon Fort (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Letter from Colonel Moore (Moapa, Nevada) to J. T. McWilliams, January 25, 1903

Date

1903-01-25

Archival Collection

Description

Moore explaining to McWilliams the methods he used in measuring the water on the Las Vegas Ranch. Handwritten text transcribed by cataloger.

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Letter from A. M. Folger (Las Vegas) to Frank Strong, February 21, 1948

Date

1948-02-21

Archival Collection

Description

Discussion of drilling two wells on the Las Vegas Ranch to make up for the irrigation water lost by the City forbidding the use of effluent, and of giving up acreage for the Elks and a sewer treatment plant.

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Letter from A. Maguire (Los Angeles) to F. H. Knickerbocker, October 30, 1924

Date

1924-12-16

Archival Collection

Description

Maguire informs that Bracken was planning on using surplus water from the new artesian well to irrigate land on the Las Vegas Ranch.

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Letter from J. Ross Clark to J. K. W. Bracken, August 9, 1904

Date

1904-08-09

Archival Collection

Description

Letter discusses the conditions at the Las Vegas Ranch in regards to employees. Clark directs Bracken to consolidate and abolish some positions.

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Postcard of trees at Mormon Fort, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1924

Date

1924 (year uncertain)

Description

Scene at Mormon Fort (Las Vegas Ranch) underneath the trees. Inscription with image reads: "A shady spot at Las Vegas, NV. (early 1900s) postcard. (1924?)"

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Letter from J. Ross Clark to E. G. Tilton, August 25, 1904

Date

1904-08-25

Archival Collection

Description

Letter discusses the placement of a deputy in Las Vegas to protect and serve the area and the need to find free transportation for the deputy and prisoners.

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Howard C. Mann (Omaha), November 27, 1935

Date

1935-11-27

Archival Collection

Description

Letter from Bracken explaining the water situation on the Las Vegas Ranch to the chief engineer of the Union Pacific system.

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