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Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce luncheon honoring the pioneers of Las Vegas: Bob Ball, Delphine Squires, C. P. Squires, Mary Von Tobel, Ed Von Tobel, Mary Lake, Ada Bearden, Alice Gifford, Minnie Westlake, Otto Westlake, Mrs. Aplin, Charles Aplin, Pearl Payne, Fred Pine, Ann Kramer, Nellie Ball, and Emily Ball, 1947 May 06
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Robert E. "Spud" Lake Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 02
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Map, city of Henderson, Nevada, August 1, 1955
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Beckley Family Papers
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The Beckley Family Papers date from 1920 to 1961 and briefly document the lives of the Beckley family, who were pioneers in early Las Vegas, Nevada. The collection contains family correspondence and newspaper clippings mentioning the family members.
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Map of the city of Las Vegas, Nevada, June 1, 1946
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Verna Mortensen Papers
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The Verna Mortensen Papers (1966-1979) document the work of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers Clark County chapter to preserve and restore the Las Vegas, Nevada Mormon Fort. The collection contains newspaper clippings, notes, and a grant application for the Mormon Fort. It also includes an undated article about the history of the Las Vegas area and two eulogies given for Verna Mortensen.
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Charles Thomas-Perry Photograph Collection
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The Charles Thomas-Perry Photograph Collection depicts towns in Southern and Central Nevada from 1900 to 1940. The photographs primarily depict the Thomas and Perry families in Beatty, Nevada and Pioneer, Nevada, including Charles Thomas’s store and their family homes. The photographs also depict buildings, celebrations, children, and the towns of Searchlight, Rhyolite, Goodsprings, and Goldfield, Nevada.
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Anson Call Papers
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Anson Call Papers (1860s) consists of typescript photocopies of the "Autobiography of Anson Call" and "Sketch:
Life of Anson Call 1810-1890 Pioneer in the Building of the West." Also included is a typescript transcription of Call's report, "Exploration of the Colorado, 1864" and two typescript transcriptions of Call's correspondence in 1865.
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Transcript of interview with Harriett Thornton Hicks by Claytee D. White, October 28, 2009
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Harriett Thornton Hicks was born June 8, 1913,in Parowan, Utah; the thirteenth child of 14. She tells of her pioneer family who dwelled in two log cabins—one for cooking and one for sleeping. In 1931, she moved to Las Vegas to join two older sisters who had relocated here. She was picked up at the train by young Charles Hicks, who was a friend of her sisters. Charles had a car and offered to provide transportation. Within three years, the two were married. She quit her drug store job to raise a family and he worked for the railroad, the only business at the time in Las Vegas. At the age of 96, Harriett recalls a range of community milestones, such as the Boulder Dam, the news of Pearl Harbor bombing, Fremont Street, the Biltmore Hotel, and how to live in a city with mob influences.
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Harriet Thorton Hicks oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Harriet Hicks conducted by Claytee D. White on October 28, 2009 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Hicks discusses being a child of a pioneer family in Parowan, Utah and moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1931.
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