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Letter from Frank R. McNamee to A. S. Halsted, July 2, 1922
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of turntable, Caliente, Nevada, circa 1920s
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Archival Collection
Description
Image
Chart, revised charges to the Las Vegas Land and Water Company, September 22, 1942
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Chart showing revised charges to the Las Vegas Land and Water Company from the Union Pacific Railroad Company for the years 1939-1941 and the first nine months of 1942 based on projected and actual water consumption in Las Vegas.
Transcribed Notes: Auditor of Disbursements' Office, Omaha, Nebraska - September 22, 1942.
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Panorama of Candelaria Valley: entrance to Pickhandle Gulch at left; Northern Belle loading bins and tailings are to its right and Northern Belle hill in center upper; railroad grade to Northern Belle can be seen diagonally up face of hill; at right, road connects with Main Street; stone building and Tarpey stone store to south and north of Main Street; ruins of Princess Mill foundations in center right: photographic print, photographic negative, approximately 1970
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Nan Doughty Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 07
Archival Component
Memo about water usage in 1935 in Las Vegas, March 24, 1938
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Paper from notepad listing the number of gallons of water used in 1935 by the water company and the railroad. Information is provided by Johnson, Office Engineer. Typed telephone message from Mr. Johnson, Office Engineer.
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Letter from W. H. Hulsizer (Omaha) to G. F. Ashby (Omaha), May 7, 1942
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Archival Collection
Description
Hulsizer enumerated the many financial and political reasons that the water producing lands controlled by the Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company should be sold to the Las Vegas Land and Water Company.
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Letter from George C. Fish (Las Vegas) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), May 7, 1940
Date
Archival Collection
Description
The owner of Railroad Pass Casino wanted water delivered to his casino, and wanted to build a flume next to the main tracks rather than build a spur. Fish was disinclined to sell any water where the only likely business was the freighting of water.
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Letter from A. S. Halsted to W. H. Comstock, July 15, 1922
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Archival Collection
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Letter from E. E. Calvin to N. A. Williams, October 17, 1922
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Archival Collection
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Letter from Leo McNamee to Fred E. Pettit, Jr., July 29, 1922
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