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Photograph of riders near the Vegas Creek at the Stewart Ranch camp in Las Vegas, circa 1905-1906
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Archival Collection
Description
Las Vegas Creek running through the old Las Vegas Ranch with tents on the side
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Letter from Mr. Wood (Las Vegas) to Walter R. Bracken, February 13, 1926
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Suggestions of a few minor changes that would allow the Las Vegas Ranch to become profitable in a few years time, as it has the essential fundamentals.
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Letter from E. E. Bennett (Los Angeles) to Walter Bracken (Las Vegas), December 19, 1939
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Letter from the Union Pacific Railroad Co. lawyer recommending that the company not provide a settlement with the Stewart family, but to move forward with supplying water.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Leo A. McNamee (Las Vegas), November 2, 1939
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Letter accompanying application for the Las Vegas Land and Water Co. to have permission to use the new well on the Las Vegas Ranch. The unsigned application is referenced below.
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Letter from Leo A. McNamee to Alfred Merritt Smith (Carson City), November 6, 1939
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Letter to the state engineer accompanying the application to allow the Las Vegas Land and Water co. access to water on the Las Vegas Ranch. The unsigned application is referenced below.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Frank Strong (Los Angeles), April 10, 1945
Date
Archival Collection
Description
The Las Vegas Land and Water Company found it necessary to lock up the spring on the Las Vegas Ranch to secure it from squatters on the property.
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Photograph of a group of people in and around swimming pool at Ladd's Resort, Las Vegas, circa 1910
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Group of people, primarily children posing near the swimming pool at Ladd's Resort, the Las Vegas Ranch.
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Letter from J. M. Murphy (Las Vegas) to Frank Strong (Los Angeles), February 18, 1948
Date
Archival Collection
Description
The Las Vegas City Manager informs Union Pacific Railroad that it would no longer be providing the one million gallons of effluent to the Las Vegas Ranch for use in irrigation.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Will Wittwer (Las Vegas), September 8, 1939
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Letter informing Wittwer that he was responsible for laying pipe to direct the new water from the new well.
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Letter from William McDermott (Las Vegas) to C. O. Whittemore (Salt Lake City), November 29, 1902
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Discussion of the survey of the Las Vegas Ranch in relation to the Las Vegas Creek.
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