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Erma O. Godbey oral history interviews
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Oral history interviews with Erma O. Godbey conducted by Dennis McBride on November 07, 1986 and November 08, 1986 for the Boulder City Library Oral History Project. In these interviews, Godbey discusses her move from Oatman, Arizona to Needles, Nevada in 1931. She remembers the economic depression at the time, life in the desert before air conditioning or refrigerators, and her husband’s employment as a road paver. Godbey talks about living in the tent-city Ragtown (Williamsville) and moving to Boulder City, Nevada. Godbey describes early housing, the first school in Boulder City, and the money printed by Six Companies to use at their stores. Lastly, Godbey discusses the Boulder City 31ers and preserving the history of Boulder City.
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Postcard of Diamondfield (Nev.), 1904
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Postcard of Main Street, Goldfield (Nev.), November, 1903
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Photograph of children posing outside of house built of beer bottles, Tonopah (Nev.), 1902
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Caption: 10,000 Beer Bottles
Site Name: Peck's Bottle House (Tonopah, Nev.)
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