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The Gateway to Las Vegas from Boulder City, image 001: photographic print

Date

1910 (year approximate) to 1940 (year approximate)

Description

Fremont Street with Union Pacific Railroad Depot and depot park at end of street. Inscription with the image reads, "The arch was built to welcome Secretary of the Interior Ray Lyman Wilbur to Las Vegas. He came to town for the ceremony of driving to the silver spike for the railroad branch from Las Vegas to Boulder City, September 17, 1930. Governor Balzar declared to carry spectators and notables to Braken, juction 7 miles south of Las Vegas on the SLC-LA line. "

Image

Carrie Christensen and Orien Stevens oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00372

Abstract

Oral history interview with Carrie Christensen and Orien “Buster” Stevens conducted by Bernard Timberg on February 04, 1974 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Christensen and Stevens discuss segregation in Boulder City, Nevada, their interactions with Native Americans, and the Westside community in Las Vegas, Nevada. They also talk about the Union Pacific Railroad, the influx of migrants and growth of churches during World War II. Stevens describes his experience working on Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam) as well as the railroad starting at age fifteen. Christensen discusses her personal life, her religious opinions, and mottos.

Archival Collection

Memo from Walter R. Bracken to W. H. Hulsizer about water usage, March 28, 1938

Date

1938-03-28

Archival Collection

Description

Water used by the Las Vegas Land and Water Company and the Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company in 1932

Text

Photograph of Spencer Butterfield and two men standing at a train station, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1940s

Date

1940 to 1949

Description

Spencer Butterfield (middle) and two unidentified men standing in front of Union Pacific Railroad engine #X50 at depot.

Image

Photograph of men standing in front of locomotive number 3708, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1905

Date

1905

Description

Pictured in front of engine number 3708, first train arrival in Las Vegas from Salt Lake City, second from left, train engineer John Charles Fremont Gregory (father of Arthur Wilson Gregory) with officials and employees of the San Pedro, Los Angeles, and Salt Lake Railroad.

Image

Photograph of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, Las Vegas, February 28, 1940

Date

1940-02-28

Description

A black and white image of Junior Chamber of Commerce members at a meeting in Las Vegas. This photo was taken from a time capsule in the cornerstone of the Union Pacific Railroad station located in Las Vegas. The time capsule was placed there in 1940 and was later retrieved when the building was demolished around 1970.

Image

Letter from Ralph E. Wells to J.Ross Clark, January 23, 1904

Date

1904-01-23

Archival Collection

Description

Letter deals with confusion over the proper spelling of Las Vegas.

Text

Letter from E. E. Bennett (Los Angeles) to R. L. Adamson, November 5, 1952

Date

1952-11-05

Archival Collection

Description

Discussion of what the sale to the Water District will mean for taking water from the shop well and water on the Las Vegas Ranch. Reference to proposal draft is noted below.

Text

Letter from J. T. McWilliams to J. Ross Clark, November 9, 1902

Date

1902-11-09

Archival Collection

Description

Letter discusses the Clark's intention to purchase the Las Vegas Ranch for the railroad. McWilliams discusses the necessary measures to get a proper survey of the ranch.

Text

Fruit packing houses

Date

1912 to 1920

Archival Collection

Description

Series 1. San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad -- J. Ross Clark/Los Angeles Office Files

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