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John Lisle oral history interview, 2013 March 13
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Lisle joined the Beatty, Nevada fire department in 1967 while still in college. He served in the ambulance service for seventeen years before retiring.
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Collection Name: History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada Oral History Interviews
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
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Tonopah and Tidewater Engine No. 9: photographic print
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.G. Reidhead Family. Beatty Mountain is visible in the background.
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Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection
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The Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection contains photographs from Nye County, Nevada from 1880 to 1990. The collection includes a wide variety of photographs that document the activities, landmarks, geographical features, towns, ranches, and families of Nye County. The collection covers the areas of Amargosa Valley, Ash Meadows, Beatty, Duckwater, Gabbs, Goldfield, Kawich Mountains, Manhattan, Pahrump, Round Mountain, Rhyolite, Smoky Valley, Springdale, Tecopa, Tonopah, and Twin Springs. The activities documented include mining, prospecting, herding animals, schooling, ranching, building construction, railroad construction, and hunting and fishing.
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People driving through cattle: photographic print
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Postcard of Shoshone Native American woman named Aurora: photographic print
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A picture postcard that came out about 1937, featuring Aurora, a Shoshone Indian resident of Beatty, Nevada, who was very skilled at making baskets. From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.G. Reidhead Family
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Phinney home: photographic print
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Photograph of Jesse Christensen home, Bullfrog Hills (Nev.), early 1900s
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Caption: Home of Jesse Christensen. Beatty, Nevada, where he first saw her.
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Revert Family, 1904-1957
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Materials contain photographs from the Revert Family from 1904 to 1957, including photographs of the Revert brothers' 76 Station, the Exchange Club, the railroad depot in Rhyolite, Nevada, the Beatty, Nevada water system, ore specimens, and the stagecoach service.
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Collection Name: Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A
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Crowell Family, 1914-1987
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Materials contain photographs from the Crowell Family from 1914 to 1987. Materials include photographs of the mine at Chloride Cliff in the Funeral Mountains owned by Josiah Irving Crowell, the mine's mill, highways in the area, and six panoramic photographs of Beatty.
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Collection Name: Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection
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