Letter to the Las Vegas Land and Water Company president about the cost of turning the Las Vegas Ranch into a demonstration ranch. The letter makes it very clear that the primary motivation in creating a demonstration ranch is the protection of their water rights.
A black and white image of Wes Neeley and his wife. Mr. Neeley was general foreman of the Las Vegas Land and Water Company in 1940. Photograph was taken by G.L. Ullom. 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.
Oral history interview with Lucille Down conducted by James Down on February 21, 1972 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Down discusses the lives of Union Pacific Railroad workers, and her first job, which was at the Southern Nevada Telephone Company. She also discusses recollections on the social, recreational, religious, and economic changes that contributed to the development of Las Vegas, Nevada.
The Bound Legal Briefs series (1913) is comprised of sixty-one volumes of legal cases filed in the California Judicial District by the Union Pacific Railroad Law Department.