Las Vegas, Nevada Post Office 1905. Walter Bracken Postmaster. Walter Bracken's poney [sic] "Ben" is standing at doorway. This post office was located in block 3 on South Main St. about where "Dusty Rhodes" garage is now.
Las Vegas Trading Company was located on the east corner of Main and Lewis streets within Clark's Las Vegas Townsite. Site Name: Las Vegas Trading Company (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Workers dismantling the Las Vegas hotel in 1905. Hotel was located within Clark's Las Vegas townsite on Stewart and Main streets. It housed people for the townsite auction held on May 15-16, 1905.
Hotel Las Vegas, located on North Main Street near Stewart Avenue. Charles "Pop" Squires (later editor of the Las Vegas Age) was the proprietor. Built in May 1905, it was torn down in March 1906. Caption: L. V. Hotel Co.
Three buildings visible in McWilliams' Townsite. The center building is occupied by the First State Bank of Las Vegas and Kuhn's Mercantile. The building on the right is the U.S. Post Office. The building on the left is unidentified. Site Name: First State Bank (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Group of men standing outside businesses in McWilliams' Original Las Vegas Townsite. The Las Vegas Bank & Trust Company and Las Vegas Drug Company are visible. Signage includes the name, Doctor C A Rucker.
Montezuma was the site of extensive mining activity from the 1860s-1880s but was dormant in the early 1900s when the Goldfield strike was made. According to the information painted on the front of the "Road House" of the "Montezuma Trading Company", the traveler or prospector could purchase "Wines & Liquors, Tobacco, Miners Supplies, Hay & Grain, and Groceries" at the store. Montezuma was located in the Montezuma Mountains seven miles west of Goldfield and was experiencing a resurgence precipitated by the discoveries at Goldfield.