A view of Howard Hughes emerging from the Trans World Atlantic (TWA) transcontinental plane after the aircraft landed.

A view of Howard Hughes emerging from the Trans World Atlantic (TWA) transcontinental plane after the aircraft landed.

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series IV. Pahrump, Nevada -- Subseries IV.A. Hughes Family. Hughes believes the motel was constructed around 1920 by the Pahrump Valley Company, under the ownership of Isodore Dockweiler, to house Dockweiler and his associates when they visited the ranch. It featured a screened porch, one bathroom, running water, a flush toilet, a kitchen, and four bedrooms. The "motel" burned down in the early 1940s.

58 x 46 cm., on sheet 87 x 102 cm., folded in envelope 30 x 24 cm. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. "Contour interval 40 feet." "Base from U.S. Geological Survey 1:62,500. 1954." "Geology mapped in 1985 and 1988." Includes text, bibliography, 4 col. cross sections, and location and index maps. "Prepared in cooperation with the U. S. Atomic Commission." Original publisher: U. S. Geological Survey, Series: Miscellaneous investigations series, map I, Scale: 1:24 000.