Elbert Edwards and another man next to a modern irrigation canal in the Moapa Valley.

Transcribed Notes: Handwritten inscription on back

Elbert Edwards and another man studying erosion in the Moapa Valley.

A drainage pipe from an irrigation project hanging out over the edge of the banks of the Muddy River.

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Remains of an irrigation project in Moapa Valley. (1948)"

Gordon Bettles and two others inspecting the rye in preparation for cutting it on the T & T Ranch in the Amargosa Valley.

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Inscription on the back of the original photo, written by Billie Bettles in the 1980s reads: this [picture] was made the day they were cutting rye, 1949. House and outbuildings were constructed by Gordon Bettles on the T & T Ranchk, Amargosa Valley, NV, about 1949. The house pictured on the right was moved to this location from Death Valley Junction, California, by the Bettles. A field of rye is pictured in the foreground. The man on the right is Gordon Bettles and the 2 men on the left are unidentified, though the man on the far left may be M. P. 'Gless' Glessner."

Artesian Well used for irrigation on the T & T Ranch.

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Home of Gordon and Billie Bettles, T & T Ranch, Amargosa Valley, Nevada, ca. 1949. This picture shows what the Bettles' homesite looked like prior to the growth of the many trees and shrubs the Bettles planted. The flagpole was set in place shortly after the house was moved onto the property."

Men irrigating new alfalfa on the T & T Ranch in the Amargosa Valley.

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Irrigating land newly planted in alfalfa, T & T Ranch, Amargosa Valley, Nevada, about 1952 or 1954. Gordon Bettles is pictured with the shovel. The child pictured in the foreground is a niece of Bob Fishel and Betty Lou Kemp, daughter of M.P. Gless' Glessner. Note the profile of the sleeping old man silhouetted along the crest of the Funeral Mountains."

Lisle stands at the edge of the reservoir fed by an artesian well on his homestead.

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "John Quincy "Jack" Lisle at the edge of the reservoir on his homestead in the Las Vegas Valley, about 1930. The reservoir is located not far from the present intersection of Twain and Eastern streets and was one of the best artesian wells in the Las Vegas Valley. At the time it was necessary to make a winding road off the Boulder Highway to reach the homestead. Most people thought that Lisle was absolutely insane to locate a homestead in such a desolate place, but Lisle, and amateur geologist, staked his claim there because he figured that water would be abundant because the land was near the Flamingo Wash. At one time Lisle raised 40 acres of alfalfa on the property."