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Re-enactment of the land auction of 1905; includes Lt. Governor Myron Leavitt, U.S. Senator Howard Cannon, Governor Robert List, John Cahlan, Las Vegas Mayor William Briare, City Commissioner Ron Lurie, City Commissioner Al Levy, City Commissioner Paul Christensen, Jubilee King Merle Frehner, and Jubilee Queen Evelyn McDonald, 1980 May 15
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Florence Lee Jones Cahlan Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 02
Archival Component
Howard Heckethorn oral history interview
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Abstract
Oral history interview with Howard Heckethorn conducted by Neil Dalmas on March 02, 1977 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. This interview offers an overview of early education in Nevada. Mr. Heckethorn also discusses Stewart Ranch, Howard Hughes and the Hughes Site, and the migration of the Mormons to the Las Vegas area.
Archival Collection
Letter from Alfred Merritt Smith (Carson City) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), July 9, 1941
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Smith explaining to Bracken exactly how the state measures water, and that a miner's inch is a very imprecise measurement.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to H. A. Shamberger (Carson City), July 7, 1941
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Letter in which Bracken requests a definition of a miner's inch from the State Engineer's office.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from handwritten text on letter: "Request of Frank Strong"
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