Portrait of Lemuel (Lem) and Johana Compton. Handwritten on back of photo: "Had a ranch in Nye County at Peavine, in the early nineties. Both of these people are buried in the Catholic Cemetery at Austin [in Lander County, Nevada]. Present owner of the Peavine ranch now Charley Keough, nephew of Mrs. Compton. Mrs. Johana Compton in the late nineties or 1900 used to deliver potatoes from Peavine Ranch to [Y?illegible] Canyon and Berlin, Grantsville [both in Nye County] which they raised at Peavine Ranch." Johana Compton, a former Union Army nurse, died whle trying to save the Peavine Ranch from fire in November 1900.

Black and white image of people standing in front of building construction on the Las Vegas Army Airfield, currently known as Nellis Air Force Base. Site Name: Nellis Air Force Base (Nev.)

A black and white image of a woman and three children standing behind a food truck in Ragtown, an area near the Hoover Dam construction site at Black Canyon, not far from Boulder City. Two men appear to be distributing food from the bed of the truck.

Left to Right: Jim Squires, Florence Boyer, Herbert Squires, C. P. "Pop" Squires, Delphine "Mom" Squires, and Russell Squires.

From the Las Vegas: Snapshots of History Photograph Collection (PH-00425)

Stuart Peck and M. R. Harrington sitting on a rock formation at Tule Springs, "across from CL-245."

Black and white photograph of Fremont Street, Kenneth Chandler and Carl W. Smith sitting behind Smith and Chandler Store. Street Address: Fremont Street