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.)
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.
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?)"
The Helen J. Stewart Papers (1869-1978) document the life of Las Vegas, Nevada pioneer, Helen J. Stewart. It includes correspondence between Stewart and her children as well as various family legal papers and certificates. The collection also contains Helen J. Stewart's 70th birthday scrapbook, a ledger, and a day book from 1904-1919, as well as several photograph albums and information related to the family burial plot.
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.