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Byron Thornton oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Byron Thornton conducted by Kay Harris on October 27, 1986 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Thornton discusses his personal history and arriving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1931. Thornton then recalls working for the Las Vegas Gas Company and starting his own concrete business. Lastly, Thornton describes installing petroleum gas tanks and pipes inside of homes used for testing atomic bombs at the Nevada Test Site and recalls the destruction caused by the explosions.
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Pueblo Grande de Nevada Photograph Collection
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The Pueblo Grande de Nevada Photograph Collection (approximately 1920-1980) contains black-and-white photographic prints, negatives, and slides depicting archaeological sites located in Overton, Moapa, Valley of Fire, Red Rock, Pyramid Lake, Kane Springs, Virgin River, the “Lost City,” and Lake Mead, Nevada. Images display the different stages of digging during the archaeological excavation of Pueblo Grande de Nevada. Also included are images showcasing artifacts uncovered during the excavations, the Saint Thomas, Nevada and the flooding of archaeological sites after the construction of the Hoover (Boulder) Dam.
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Photographic slide of people at Tule Springs, Nevada, May 1955
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Interview with Frankie Lou (Louise) Mayer, July 26, 2004
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Interview with Ann G. Dye, November 1, 2004
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Interview with Marcell Eugene Bridges, November 19, 2004
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Interview with Zenna Mae (Schmid) Bridges, November 19, 2004
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Interview with Byron Leo Ristvet, April 17, 2006
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