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Lisle, Chloe, 1916-2001

Alberta Chloe Colvin was born on December 1, 1916 in Cherry, Nebraska. Chloe Calvin moved to Beatty, Nevada in the 1930s and worked as a schoolteacher. Chloe married Ralph Fairbanks Lisle on July 5, 1939. In 1955, the Lisle family opened a hardware store in Beatty. Chloe Lisle passed away on February 2, 2001 at the age of 84.

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Person

Questa, E. J. , 1898-1962

E. J. Questa was born in 1898. He was the president of the First National Bank of Nevada and was an influential businessman in Nevada. He died on February 10, 1962 in a plane crash thirty miles northeast of Tonopah, Nevada while he and Newton J. Crumley were flying to Elko, Nevada.

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Nevada Banking History Collection, 1870-1976. MS-00257. Special Collections and Archives,

University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada

Person

Louis Cirac, Sr., and his wife, Elizabeth Joseph Cirac: photographic print

Date

1902

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VI. Tonopah, Nevada -- Subseries VI.F. Potts-Cirac Family. Louis Cirac, Jr., father of Jeanne Cirac Potts, is held by his mother and Marie Cirac is being held by her father. Marie married a Frenchman named LaJeuness and lived in Martinez, California. 

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Photograph of mining operations, Goldfield (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Photograph of mining operations, Goldfield (Nev.), 1900-1925

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Photographs of Dave Roberts, image 01

Date

1964-05

Description

Dave Roberts posing in front of a wooden fence.

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Photographs of Dave Roberts, image 02

Date

1964-05

Description

Dave Roberts posing in front of a truck and house.

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Photograph of construction at the Goldfield Consolidated Mining Company, Goldfield, Nevada, circa 1907-1908

Date

1907 to 1908

Description

The Goldfield Consolidated Mining Company under construction in Goldfield, Nevada. A Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad engine was converted into a crane to aid construction. The mining company was formed in 1907 and the mill was constructed late in the year and began processing ore in early 1908. The company was formed by George Nixon and George Wingfield. The mill continued running until 1918 when the company ceased operation.

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The Wheel of Rotary Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, December 29, 1949

Date

1949-12-29

Archival Collection

Description

Newsletter issued by the Las Vegas Rotary Club

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