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Charles A. Baumert oral history interview
Identifier
OH-00169
Abstract
Oral history interview with Charles A. Baumert conducted by James M. Greene on October 31, 1975 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Bauret discusses the Hoover Dam construction, Boulder City, Nevada history, and the closing of Six Companies Inc. operations at Hoover Dam.
Archival Collection
Transcript of interview with Mildred Breedlove by Steve Drappo, February 18, 1979
Date
1979-02-18
Archival Collection
Description
Steve Drappo interviews Mildred Breedlove (b. 1904) who was born in Coal Hill, Arkansas. Breedlove relocated to Nevada in 1949. During this interview Breedlove discusses her personal experience of owning her own ranch in Nevada.
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Transcript of interview with Richard Buchanan by Gary Gekakis, March 07, 1979
Date
1979-03-07
Archival Collection
Description
General Nevada history, agricultural activities in Las Vegas, history of "the Strip", McCarran Airport, shopping in Las Vegas, Atomic Testing, El Rancho, Pioche, geography of Nevada, tourism, dust in Valley, Water Table.
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Progress report of investigations of irrigation problems of Lower Moapa Valley, November 1944
Date
1944-11
Archival Collection
Description
Report of the Lower Moapa Valley soil and water resources.
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Transcript of interview with Edith Giles Barcus by Tara L. Shepperson, March 17, 1977
Date
1977-03-17
Archival Collection
Description
Tara L. Shepperson interviews local antique store owner Edith Giles Barcus in the living room of her home about Goldfield, mining, purple glass, thirst in the desert, her family history, and her birth in Colorado.
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