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Draft offer of Las Vegas Valley Water District to purchase the water production lands and facilities of the Las Vegas Land and Water Company and the railroad, October 15, 1952
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Draft offer of Las Vegas Valley Water District to purchase the water production lands and facilities of the Las Vegas Land and Water Company and the railroad. R. L. Adamson's red pencil edits are handwritten. Accompanies letter (see Is referenced by). Draft has penciled corrections in the margins.
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Letter from Leo McNamee to Fred E. Pettit, Jr., July 29, 1922
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Letter from J. T. McWilliams to J. Ross Clark, November 9, 1902
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Archival Collection
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Letter from J. G. Scrugham to F. R. McNamee, March 9, 1923
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of ruins of a train station, Goldfield (Nev.), 1918-1928
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Archival Collection
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Las Vegas Land & Water Company Records from the Las Vegas Valley Water District
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The Las Vegas Land & Water Company Records from the Las Vegas Valley Water District (1918-1989) are primarily comprised of contracts, correspondence, and maps that document the establishment of a water distribution system in Las Vegas, Nevada that would provide water using the state's Colorado River allocation. The records include water main extension agreements, correspondence, and bills of sale for water main construction, as well as articles and correspondence documenting the groundwater shortage in Las Vegas. The collection also includes maps for water distribution systems and pipelines throughout the Las Vegas Valley.
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Photograph of railroad pass in the desert, (Nev.), 1906-1928
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Resolution by Las Vegas Valley Water District to amend June 1, 1953 agreement, March 26, 1954
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Archival Collection
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Resolution by the Las Vegas Valley Water District to amend part of their agreement between Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company, Union Pacific Railroad Company, and Las Vegas Land and Water Company. The June 1, 1953 document stated that one of the conditions by which the agreement could be terminated was if the bonds were not sold by December 31, 1953. This resolution changed this date to May 1, 1954. Link to original agreement located in Relations field.
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Postcard of Union Pacific Station, Las Vegas, circa 1940
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Archival Collection
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Telegram from A .S. Halsted to Fred E. Pettit, Jr., July 13, 1922
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Archival Collection
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