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The Virgin River and the Virgin Valley, circa 1945
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Archival Collection
Description
Discussion of changes to the Virgin River bed and irrigation works around Beaver Dam Wash in Arizona and Bunkerville in Nevada.
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Letter from Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce to R. H. Rutledge (Washington, D.C.), with petition by Moapa Valley residents, June 1939
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Archival Collection
Description
Letter dated June 27, 1939, from the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce supporting a petition date June 21, 1939, by property owners and taxpayers living in the Moapa Valley area of Clark County, Nevada. The petition requested that the area be placed under the control of the Division of Grazing. Such a designation would restrict the removal of timber from watershed areas and help prevent the effects of erosion due to flooding. According to the Bureau of Land Management, Grazing District No. 5 is Las Vegas, established November 3, 1936.
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Semiannual report of the Moapa Soil Conservation District, from June 30, 1940 - January 1, 1941
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Archival Collection
Description
Summary of the work of the Moapa Soil Conservation Service for the last half of 1940.
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