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Howard Heckethorn oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Howard Heckethorn conducted by Richard Eitland on February 15, 1979 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Mr. Heckethorn describes going to school in the early days of Las Vegas, Nevada. He also talks about many notable teachers he had, as well as the development of the Las Vegas area. Heckethorn also discusses his arrival to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1930, and recalls the Old Mormon Fort, El Rancho, The Last Frontier, and the tourism that gambling brought to the city. Heckethorn discusses the 1960s, and the impact Howard Hughes had in the development of hotels and casinos.
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Howard Cannon in the cockpit of the X-15 with Major Robert M. White on the right: photographic print
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Howard Cannon visits the new Savage Mine at Virginia City, Nevada: photographic print and photographic negative, 1981 January
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Cannon Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 18, Box SH-026
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Trans World Airline plane equipped with radar that Howard Hughes is flying in Culver City, California, 1947 May 03
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Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 24
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Frank T. Crowe Memorial Park, Boulder City, Nevada, 1981 March 15
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Collection Name: North Las Vegas Library Photograph Collection on North Las Vegas, Nevada
Box/Folder: Folder 24
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City of Las Vegas map, 1952
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Members of the Howard Hughes around-the-world flight: Thomas Thurlow, navigator; Richard Stoddart, radio engineer; Ed Lund, mechanic; and H. P. Connor, co-navigator, as they rode in the welcoming parade in New York City, 1938 July 15
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 10
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Street map of the city of Las Vegas, 1954
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Howard Hughes and the Lockheed 14 aircraft, Fairbanks, Alaska, 1938 July 15
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 07
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Howard Hughes and the Lockheed 14 aircraft, Fairbanks, Alaska, 1938 July 15
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 07
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