Westside School Groundbreaking ceremony including Brenda Williams, Hannah Brown, Ricki Barlow, Carolyn Goodman and others on January 17, 2015 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this groundbreaking ceremony, Mayor Carol Goodman and City Councilman Ricki Barlow talk about the significance of the location of the school and its surrounding community. Brown discusses funding for the project and her upbringing in West Las Vegas. Lastly, Williams describes her vision for the Westside community and the renovation of the property.
Tonopah school house and surrounding buildings in town. Houses identified: "First level of houses on hill behind schools: 1. Center, house with 3 Gables The Tasker Oddie House 2. Second house to right of Oddie House and largest structure on that level, the Hugh Brown house. House has a screened porch along whole front of house. Steps leading to porch are visible. Browns called it affectionately the ""Dobie Shack." 3. Eagle's nest on hill above Brown House and to right. 4. Large house with dormers lower half of photo was the Finn Boarding House in early Tonopah. 5. George Miller home next to Finn House. Miller the town barber. 6. Water tanks on hill to left."
An aerial view of Las Vegas High School, left center, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Description provided with image: "Shell of burned-out old Las Vegas High School, lower right, with tent schools set up to meet the needs of the Burned out student population during the depression years. The new school Was completed in 1930 at 7th and Bridger Streets. (School authorities were criticized for building the school so far out of town) The 7th Street school also served the needs of high school students bussed from Boulder City during the construction of the dam."