At top of plate: 'U.S. geographical surveys west of the one-hundredth meridian. Parts of California, S.E. Nevada, Arizona & S.W. Utah.' At bottom of plate: 'Expeditions of 1872 & 1873, under the command of 1st Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army.' 'G. K. Gilbert, A. R. Marvine, E. E. Howell, geological assistants.' 'By order of The Honorable The Secretary of War, under the direction of Brig. Gen. A. A. Humphries, Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army.' Published by Government Printing Office. 2 map sections on 1 sheet. Scale: 1 inch to 8 miles.
Traffic flows on West Sahara Avenue near Richfield Boulevard. The commercial development on this side of the street has removed grass and replaced with desert landscaping.
From the UNLV Special Collections Photograph Collection on Book Illustrations (PH-00170) -- American West, cowboy. Handwritten on verso: "Print from American West, Vol. [Volume] I, no. 4, Fall 1964, folder #50, neg. [negative] no. [number] 74-10-14cn."
A car waits for a pedestrian on West Alcoa Way. Just one block south of West Sahara Avenue on Richfield Boulevard, West Alcoa Avenue is home to this single family neighborhood.