Shows springs, Clark's Las Vegas Townsite, Buck's Addition, cemetery, and State Experimental Farm. Shows township and range lines. From the Union Pacific Collection. Written on the map: "Union Pacific System, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Co., Map showing contemplated improvements to develop the Las Vegas Ranch at Las Vegas, Nev. Scale 1" - 800" Dwg. No. 31171. Office of Asst. Chief Engr., L.A.&S.L.R.R. Los Angeles, Calif., March 9, 1926. Approved: "
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The Las Vegas Review-Journal Photograph Collection depicts several events in Las Vegas, Nevada from 1935 to 1983 that were documented by Nevada’s largest newspaper, the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The photographs depict the fire at the Las Vegas School in 1935, the fire at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in 1980, an exhibition at the Lost City Museum in 1973, a memorial event honoring the first permanent school in Las Vegas in 1980, and an exhibition at the Nevada State Museum and Historical Society in 1983. The collection also contains photographs of some denizens of Las Vegas, including people at the Hughes Bar in Las Vegas, the last Union Pacific passenger train in Las Vegas, and schoolchildren at the Las Vegas School.
Archival Collection