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Order presented at a general session of the Public Service Commission of Nevada (Carson City) regarding the furnishing of surplus water, December 3, 1952

Date

1929-12-03

Archival Collection

Description

The Nevada Public Service Commission grants approval of the Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company selling water to the Pacific Fruit Company with the expressed understanding that this does not make the railroad company a public utility within the meaning of the Public Service Commission Act.

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Letter from A. S. Halsted (Los Angeles) to Mr. Knickerbocker regarding surface and underground water rights, June 11, 1924

Date

1924-06-12

Archival Collection

Description

Halstead believed that if a new well was dug, the railroad and the water company must make sure that all the water from it was appropriated.

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Letter from F. H. Knickerbocker to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), March 6, 1929

Date

1929-03-07

Archival Collection

Description

Knickerbocker was asking Bracken to investigate the Winterwood property as the president of the Railroad company was interested in properties that they had not yet managed to acquire.

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Letter from E. E. Calvin (Omaha) to F. H. Knickerbocker (Los Angeles), January 21, 1926

Date

1926-03-09

Archival Collection

Description

Directions to have the Las Vegas Ranch contour mapped in order to figure out the most efficient irrigation scheme.

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Letter from R. L. Adamson (Los Angeles) to F. H. Knickerbocker, August 16, 1929

Date

1929-08-16

Archival Collection

Description

Summary of the lands purchased from the Stewart family by the Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company.

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Letter from F. R. McNamee (Los Angeles) to Leo [McNamee], May 22, 1924

Date

1924-06-05

Archival Collection

Description

McNamee states that although the Union Pacific Railroad owns the land that the springs are on and all the land it historically watered, to further protect their water right they should apply for the right to appropriate the water.

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Letter from Frank Strong (Los Angeles) to G. F. Ashby, January 2, 1945

Date

1945-01-02

Archival Collection

Description

Notice of the opinion of Union Pacific Railroad attorney that it is possible to sell the Las Vegas Ranch while keeping the water rights associated with it.

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Extract of minutes of special meeting of board of directors of Las Vegas Land and Water Company, held June 29, 1953

Date

1953-06-19

Archival Collection

Description

Extract of meeting notes where the water company board approved of its sale to the water district. Document has embossed seal of Las Vegas Land and Water Company at the bottom.

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Memo from A.W.F. to Walter R. Bracken in response to C. R. Gray's letter about the Stewart Ranch property, August 1, 1929

Date

1929-08-01

Archival Collection

Description

One particular part of the lands purchased from Helen Stewart was apparently for right of way and terminal facilities since it does not have any water rights associated with it.

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Aerial photograph of Las Vegas, 1920s

Date

1920 (year uncertain)

Description

Aerial view of Las Vegas looking northwest over the Union Pacific Railroad yards.

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