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Northern view of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Nevada: photographic print

Date

1980 (year approximate)

Description

From the Historic Building Survey Photograph Collection (PH-00345).

Image

Paradise Park: photographic print

Date

1970 (year approximate)

Description

From the Historic Building Survey Photograph Collection (PH-00345).

Image

Railroad Pass Casino: photographic print

Date

1979 (year approximate)

Description

From the Historic Building Survey Photograph Collection (PH-00345).

Image

Saint Joseph (historical)

No description.

Latitude/Longitude

36.57275, -114.4497

Feature

abandoned populated place

Geographic Location

Senator Richard Bryan oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00135

Abstract

Oral history interview with Richard Bryan conducted by Claytee White on February 19, 2009 for the Voices of the Historic John S. Park Neighborhood. In this interview, Senator Bryan recounts details about the John S. Park neighborhood development. He mentions how neighborhood commerce included a grocery store and a Sills Drive-in. On the Las Vegas Strip, he remembers the Club Bingo (eventually called Sahara) opening as well as the long list of other hotel/casinos that are part of Las Vegas, Nevada history.

Archival Collection

Heidi and Scott Swank oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02147

Abstract

Oral history interview with Heidi and Scott Swank conducted by Claytee D. White on July 28, 2014 and October 13, 2014 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Heidi talks about forming the Nevada Preservation Foundation, her anthropological research in India, and her run for the Nevada Legislature representing Assembly District 16. The Swanks discuss the Downtown Project, the Flamingo Club, their 1956 house in the John S. Park neighborhood, and their neighbors.

Archival Collection

Photograph of Captain Jim, a Washoe Spokesman, early 1900s

Date

1892

Description

Transcribed from photograph, "Washo - 5. Captain Jim, A Washo spokesman. In 1892, he traveled to Washington, D.C. to plead with the U.S. Government to stop destroying the pine nut trees and the hunting and fishing rights of his people. Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada. Courtesy of Nevada Historical Society."

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Kyle Ranch (historical)

No description.

Latitude/Longitude

36.2058, -115.14056

Alternate Name

Kiel Ranch

Feature

ranch(es)

Geographic Location