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Lee Family: Nettie, Ivy, Dessie, Del, Julia, Maud, Clara, and Maggie in Panaca, Nevada, undated

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John Janney Photograph Collection on Pioche, Nevada
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Collection Number: PH-00135
Collection Name: John Janney Photograph Collection on Pioche, Nevada
Box/Folder: Folder 01

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Photograph of William ("Gunlock Bill") Hamblin, circa late 1800s - early 1900s

Date

1870 to 1939

Description

A portrait of William "Gunlock Bill" Hamblin, the brother of Jacob Hamblin. William was one of the First missionaries to Las Vegas. He settled Gunlock, Utah, and was an early Settler in Clover Valley, Nevada. He also discovered the Pioche Mines.

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Transcript of interview with Gertrude Anne Moore by Mamie Beuttner, February 21, 1975

Date

1975-02-21

Description

General Nevada history, Searchlight, Anderson's Dairy, Rancho Grande Creamery, Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam), working on Fremont Street, Helldorado, Stewart Ranch, flooding, Mormons and religion, Hunt Family of Bunkerville, Atomic Testing, Carole Lombard plane crash, Pioche, Goodsprings, WWII, Ghost Towns, El Rancho.

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Wright, John Peter, Sr., 1870-1903

John Peter Wright Sr. was born August 24, 1870 in Pioche, Nevada. He later died January 7, 1903 in Delamar, Nevada. 

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Person

Photograph of Wheeler Ranch, Lincoln County (Nev.), 1890-1910

Date

1890 to 1910

Description

Panoramic view of Wheeler Ranch from dugway. Wheleer Ranch, in the Highland Range, was 10 miles from Pioche. J.B. Wheeler was the grandfather of the donor, James Deck. Mill is just below ranch. Rachel Talmadge Wheeler, grandmother of donor, is at the left of photo.

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Buchanan, Richard E., 1951-

Richard E. Buchanan was born February 11, 1951 in Chicago, Illinois. Buchanan’s family relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1951. He also spent some years living in Laguna Beach, California, and Reno and Pioche, Nevada, yet always returned to Las Vegas. Buchanan worked in a variety of career fields, starting as a construction worker and ending as a mental health technician.

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Map of Moapa River Reservation, located and surveyed by C. A. Bateman & A. J. Barnes, U.S. Indian agents, Nevada, 1875

Date

1875

Description

Scale 600 ft. to 1 inch. Relief shown by hachures. Shows buildings. Shows township and range grid. "Rec with Indian office letter June 10 1875. Copies sent to Sup. Gen. and R&R at Pioche Nevada August 9 1875" handwritten in blue ink on verso.

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Correspondence, Benjamin Sanders to Hampton E. George

Date

1900-10-27

Archival Collection

Description

This folder is from the "Correspondence" file of the Sadie and Hampton George Papers (MS-00434)

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Bananto, Ronald, 1930-2002

Ronald Bananto was born February 13, 1930 in Coal Run, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Bonanto moved to Pioche, Nevada in 1949. A year later, and after a short period in San Francisco, California, Bonanto relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1950. He lived in Nevada for 29 years and worked for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department for 23 years. Bananto married Pamela Schofield Bananto.

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