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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to H. H. Larson (Los Angeles), May 22, 1940
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Discussion of the necessity of keeping down weeds around the reservoirs and settling ponds at Las Vegas Springs to avoid fires.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to F. H. Knickerbocker (Los Angeles), February 15, 1937
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Bracken informing Knickerbocker that if repairs are not done soon on their pipeline, it would fail catastrophically. If the water master was busy, he requested the authority to hire a local crew to do the repairs.
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Photograph of Hoover Dam worker beside the Colorado River, circa 1931
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Hoover Dam worker and an Ingersoll Rand electric generator beside the Colorado River looking Northwest towards the Hemenway Wash.
Transcribed Notes: Written on back: 4-18-31
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Photograph of steamshovel working on the road to the Hoover Dam construction site, circa 1931
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Steamshovel working on the road to the Hoover Dam construction site looking east over the Colorado River.
Transcribed Notes: Written on back: 4-18-31
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Photograph of a Union Pacific tour-bus on Highway 93, Nevada, circa 1933
Date
Archival Collection
Description
A Union Pacific tour-bus in a pullout overlooking Hemenway Wash off Highway 93.
Transcribed Notes: Written on back: 9-20-33
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Frank Strong, October 26, 1945
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Bracken stating that water from company wells should not be used for irrigation until metering can be instituted. The formation of a water district at this time was not desirable for the Union Pacific Railroad.
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Deed for a parcel of land, Las Vegas Land and Water Company to the Las Vegas Valley Water District, Audit No. 5354, June 1, 1954
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Deed of the land sold to the Las Vegas Valley Water District from the Las Vegas Land and Water Company. Notarized by Louis Scholnick in Douglas County, Nebraska on June 3, 1954.
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Revised Draft of Agreement regarding the sale of Las Vegas water facilities and lands to the Las Vegas Valley Water District and deed for nine specific parcels of land to the Las Vegas Valley Water District, May 8, 1953
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Revised Draft of Agreement and deed between the railroad companies and the Las Vegas Valley Water District for the sale of Las Vegas water facilities and lands
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Letter from G. F. Ashby (Omaha) to William Reinhardt, September 12, 1948
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Ashby agreed with Reinhardt that extending water lines beyond the city limits, even for fire protection, set a dangerous precedent
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Letter from E. E. Cunningham (Yermo, Cal.) to J. P. Mack, November 27, 1930
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Discussion of selling water to people living next to the Arden Pipeline, provided they were not using the water to manufacture moonshine.
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