Oral history interview with Bill Belknap conducted by R. J. Johnson on February 12, 1979 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Belknap discusses Colorado River, Nevada State Advisory Commission, WWII, Henderson Power Plant during WWII, and the El Rancho Hotel in the 1940’s. Belknap also discusses the Tule Springs Archaeological Project 1966-1967, atomic testing, Lake Mead, Boulder City, music and Jazz in Southern Nevada, teaching at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), photography, and the Grand Canyon.
Officials in the field conducting a land survey for the Hoover Dam project. From left to right, the men include McDowell, U.S. Reclamation Service Engineer R. C. Thaxton, and Superintendent of Construction for the Six Companies Frank T. Crowe.
The Aria tower as seen from the 32nd floor of the Monte Carlo hotel and casino. Design for Aria and the CityCenter project was a departure from contemporary casino resort property design popularized in Las Vegas.
From the Army Mapping Service Aerial Photographs of Southern and Western Nevada (PH-00285). Aerial photographs, composites, and indices. Geological Survey, Army Map Service. Western US. Project No. 109. Area G.
From the Army Mapping Service Aerial Photographs of Southern and Western Nevada (PH-00285). Aerial photographs, composites, and indices. Geological Survey, Army Map Service. Western AMS. Project No. 109. Area G.