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Memo about supplying water to the Las Vegas Gunnery School, June 19, 1947
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Archival Collection
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Discussion of the alternatives of supplying water to the Las Vegas Gunnery School (now a part of Nellis Air Force Base).
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Petition by property owners to create the Las Vegas Valley Water District addressed to the Board of Commissioners, Clark County, Nevada, after 1947
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Archival Collection
Description
Text of the petition circulated to real property owners within Clark County to create the Las Vegas Valley Water District. Also included is a map of the area to be supplied with water, which is marked with the proposed boundaries of seven divisions.
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Letter from William Reinhardt (Los Angeles) to G. F. Ashby, September 8, 1948
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Archival Collection
Description
The water company had been requested to extend a pipeline to a new subdivision outside of the Las Vegas city limits for fire protection, but Reinhardt recommended not setting a dangerous precedent.
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Newspaper clipping, October 19 set for water district vote, Las Vegas Review-Journal, September 16, 1948
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Archival Collection
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Clark County Commission set October 19, 1948 as the date for a vote on the creation of the Las Vegas Valley Water District
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Telegram from A. M. Folger (Las Vegas) to William Reinhardt (Los Angeles), October 10, 1948
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Archival Collection
Description
The Chamber of Commerce had been trying to push people into voting for the creation of the Las Vegas Valley Water District, but considerable opposition had been forming. Folger asks for permission to present true facts about the issue to people through radio and the press.
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Personal letter from A. M. Folger (Las Vegas) to G. F. Ashby, October 11, 1948
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Archival Collection
Description
Folger contacted Mayor Cragin to see, once the water district was created, if there was any way to ensure that the water from the Las Vegas Land and Water Co. springs and well field was not piped beyond the city limits.
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Mailgram from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Mr. Frank Strong, August 16, 1939
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Archival Collection
Description
The spring used at the ranch had slowed to the point where stock could not be supported. Bracken recommended drilling a well.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Frank Strong (Los Angeles), September 27, 1939
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Archival Collection
Description
Letter stating status of the work and cost of well drilling on the Las Vegas Ranch.
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Letter from Alfred Merritt Smith (Carson City) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), July 9, 1941
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Archival Collection
Description
Smith explaining to Bracken exactly how the state measures water, and that a miner's inch is a very imprecise measurement.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to F. R. McNamee (Los Angeles), August 29, 1913
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Archival Collection
Description
Bracken reporting his visit to Buol's well and recommending a report from an engineer before the Las Vegas Land and Water Company purchases any additional land to protect their water rights.
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