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Madeline Taylor Knighten interview, November 6, 1974: transcript
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Archival Collection
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On November 6, 1974, collector Jay Brewer interviewed Madeline Taylor Knighten (born July 7th, 1907 in Chanute, Kansas) at her home in Boulder City, Nevada. In the interview, Madeline Taylor Knighten discusses her life in the early days of Boulder City, Nevada. She also speaks about her husband’s work in the Green Hut Café, as well as in diamond drilling.
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Photograph of mobile crime lab truck, Las Vegas (Nev.), March 11, 1956
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Archival Collection
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Lehnert, Carl A.
He was the Chief Ranger at the Boulder Dam Recreational Area.
https://archive.org/stream/Desert-Magazine-1939-12/Desert-Magazine-1939-12_djvu.txt
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Letter from A. M. Folger (Las Vegas) to William Reinhardt, September 27, 1948, and newspaper clipping, From where I sit, Las Vegas Review-Journal, September 26, 1948
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Archival Collection
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In the enclosed editorial sent with correspondence, Cahlan expressed a concern that if the water district were created, they would begin to get their water from Lake Mead, which of necessity would be chlorinated.
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Weiler, John R. "Jack", 1899-1974
Federal Ranger/Bureau of Reclamation officer for Boulder Dam
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Film transparency of Willow Beach, Arizona, 1956
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Archival Collection
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Floyd Jenne interview, April 4, 1976: transcript
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Archival Collection
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From the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas; OH-00944. On April 4, 1976, Gordon Brusso interviewed Floyd L. Jenne (born 1915). The interview discussed Boulder City McGill, as well as Nevada history.
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Photograph of men in a boat, Lake Mead, April 20, 1938
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Archival Collection
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Film transparency of Willow Beach Marina, Arizona, 1956
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Ma Kennedy's wedding at Black Canyon, 1932
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Archival Collection
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