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Topographic map of the northeast quadrangle of the metropolitan Las Vegas, Nevada area, 1967

Date

1967

Description

Scale 1:24,000 ; polyconic proj. (W 115°730--W 115°0000/N 36°1500--N 36°730) ; 1 map : col. ; 58 x 47 cm ; 7.5 minute series (topographic) ; Relief shown by contours and spot heights ; Filing title: Las Vegas NE, Nev ; "AMS 2956 II NE--Series V896." ; Contour interval 20 feet ; "Topography by photogrammetric methods from aerial photographs taken 1965. Field checked 1967." ;Includes quadrangle location map ; Interior--Geological Survey

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Plat of H.F.M & M addition to city of Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, comprising the west 1/2 of N.W. 1/4 Sec. 27, Twp. 20 S., R. 61 E., M.D.B & M, March 8, 1924

Date

1924-03-08

Description

Blue-line print ; 74 x 36 cm on sheet 79 x 61 cm. Survey was competed on March 8, 1924. Signed by the owners of the piece of property for the addition Roy W. Martin, Forest R. Mildren, William E. Ferron, and A. W. Ham, signed by the surveyor J.T. McWilliams, and notarized on March 31, 1924. Approved by the Board of City Commissioners and signed by the major W. C. German and by Florence S. Doherty, city clerk, on April 1, 1924. Recorded in Book 1 of plats, page 47. Includes township and range grid.

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Map of part of central Colorado, May 7, 1877

Date

1877-05-07

Description

38 x 48 cm. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. "Atlas sheet no. 53(C)." "Issued May 7th 1877." "1st. Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army." Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington, D.C. Includes sectional diagram that shows how atlas sheets fit together. "Weyss, Herman & Lang, del." "Louis Nell, J. J. Young, topographical assistants." "Under the direction of Brig. General A. A. Hunphreys, Chief of Engineers, U. S. Army." "Expeditions of 1873 and 1876 under the command of 1st. Lieutenant William L. Marshall, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, 1st Lieutenant Eric Bergland, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, Executive Officers and field astronomers." "By order of the honorable the Secretary of War." Original publisher: Graphic Co. photo., Scale: 1 inch to 4 miles or 1:253440.

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Map and operational diagram, lower Colorado River, Lees Ferry to Gulf of California, June 1973

Date

1973-06

Description

84 x 43 cm. "Map no. 423-300-59." Insets: [Salton Sea]--Operational diagram, no scale. Includes index to gaging stations. Shows dams, canals, levees, pumping plants, etc. "Map compiled from Coast and Geodetic Survey sectional aeronautical charts, and Bureau of Reclamation data." Original publisher: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation.

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Map of Southwestern United States of America, 1888

Date

1888

Description

33 x 41 cm. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. 1 sheet of a 6-sheet map. "Petermann: ver. st. v. am. bi. 4". "Stieler's Hand Atlas, No. 86." Binder's title of Hand Atlas über alle Thiele der Erde und über das Weltgebäude, which was published in 1879. In German. Revised 1889. "Neubearbeitret v. H. Habenicht." Original publisher: Justus Perthes, Scale: 1:3,700,000.

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Map of part of Las Vegas Valley showing contours of the composite piezometric surface during the spring of 1944, and specific capacities of wells tapping the confined water

Date

1948

Description

Relief shown by contours. Includes range and township grid. Shows springs and wells. Scale [ca. 1:67,162. 1 in. to approx. 1.06 miles]. Series: Water resources bulletin (Carson City, Nev.)
no. 5. Originally published as plate 8 in Geology and water resources of Las Vegas, Pahrump, and Indian Spring Valleys, Clark and Nye Counties, Nevada by George B. Maxey and C.H. Jameson, which is number 5 of the Water resources bulletin published by the Nevada Office of the State Engineer.

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Photograph of a house in West Las Vegas, located adjacent to the North Project Boundary, Las Vegas, Nevada, October, 1957

Date

1957-10

Archival Collection

Description

A house in West Las Vegas adjacent to the North Project Boundary. A sign leaning against a metal tank next to the house has the number "6" on it. The photograph was taken by Henry Elder, City Building Inspector, October, 1957. Refer to photo #0310 0058 (pho017999) for an aerial view of the area.

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Photograph of a shack house in West Las Vegas, located at 711 Van Buren Avenue, Las Vegas, Nevada, October, 1957

Date

1957-10

Archival Collection

Description

A shack house in West Las Vegas, located at 711 Van Buren Avenue (south side, in a trailer park). A sign leaning against the building has the the numbers "P-5" and R-107" on it. The photograph was taken by Henry Elder, City Building Inspector, October, 1957. Refer to photo #0310 0058 (pho017999) for an aerial view of the area.

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Photograph of a shack house in West Las Vegas, located at 1511 H Street, Las Vegas, Nevada, October, 1957

Date

1957-10

Archival Collection

Description

A shack house in West Las Vegas, located at 1511 H Street. A sign leaning against the building has the numbers "5" and "26" written on it. The photograph was taken by Henry Elder, City Building Inspector, October, 1957. Refer to photo #0310 0058 (pho017999) for an aerial view of the area.

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Virginia & Truckee Railroad engine No. 5, circa 1940s

Date

1940 to 1949

Description

Virginia & Truckee Railroad engine No. 5 stopped at Minden, Nevada. Minden is located in Douglas County, Nevada. The population was 3,001 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Douglas County and is adjacent to the city of Gardnerville. It was founded in 1906 by Heinrich Friedrich Dangberg Jr., who named it after the town of Minden, in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, which was near his father's birthplace. Minden was founded on company land of the Dangberg Home Ranch and Dangberg commissioned most of the town's early buildings. Minden has had a post office since 1906. U.S. Highway 395 runs through Minden. It is also the terminus of State Route 88, which becomes California State Route 88 on the west side of the state line.

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