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Report on floods from the Meadow Valley Wash, Muddy River, and California Wash, after 1945
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Archival Collection
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List of major floods in the Moapa Valley with accompanying map.
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Comparative statement of meter readings, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1950
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Archival Collection
Description
Water meter readings at six locations at many different dates in 1950
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Newspaper clipping, Water report startles, Las Vegas Review-Journal, June 14, 1945
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Archival Collection
Description
Newspaper article about a recently completed report. Author opined that unless something drastic was done soon, water would be the limiting factor on growth in Las Vegas.
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Letter from Frank Strong (Los Angeles) to Leo A. McNamee, May 29, 1945
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Archival Collection
Description
Robert Griffith had filed a protest to the water company's drilling of well #11, most likely in response to their protest to his well. Strong recommended contacting Griffith's lawyers and offering to drop their objection in return for him dropping his.
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Letter from A. M. Folger to Walter R. Bracken, May 7, 1945
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Archival Collection
Description
Discussion of the ramifications of withdrawing the Las Vegas Land and Water Company's protest to the proposed Griffith well.
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Letter from Maxwell Kelch (Las Vegas) to W. H. Guild (Los Angeles), October 18, 1944
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Archival Collection
Description
Invitation from the Chamber of Commerce to attend a meeting to discuss the water situation in Las Vegas. Includes an enclosure listing the topic of a meeting held the day before to discuss the same issue.
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Letter from R. L. Adamson (Los Angeles) to F. H. Knickerbocker, August 16, 1929
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Archival Collection
Description
Summary of the lands purchased from the Stewart family by the Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company.
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Letter from H. T. Coffey (Las Vegas) to Walter R. Bracken, January 3, 1925
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Archival Collection
Description
Coffey recommends not installing a hydropower water wheel on the Las Vegas Creek, but increasing capacity at the Las Vegas Power plant. The higher initial cost would be beneficial in the long run. "W-2-4-2" in pencil in upper right corner, letter also has numerous pencil corrections.
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Letter from William McDermott (Las Vegas) to C. O. Whittemore (Salt Lake City), November 29, 1902
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Archival Collection
Description
Discussion of the survey of the Las Vegas Ranch in relation to the Las Vegas Creek.
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Letter from J. T. McWilliams (Las Vegas) to William McDermott, November 29, 1902
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Archival Collection
Description
McWilliams provides surveying information and recommends purchasing the springs that lay outside the boundaries of the Stewart Ranch.
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