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Photograph of the Tecopa Railroad Engine No. 1, Tecopa (Nev.), 1920

Date

1920

Description

Train ran to Noonday and Gunsight Mines; short-lived mines and railroad. Myrick RR of Nevada Eastern & Calif. This photo may have been taken in Ca, as that's where it was incorporated.
Caption: Old Engine at Tecopa, Calif.

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Los Angeles) to E. E. Calvin (Los Angeles), March 9, 1926

Date

1927-04-22

Archival Collection

Description

Letter to the Las Vegas Land and Water Company president about the cost of turning the Las Vegas Ranch into a demonstration ranch. The letter makes it very clear that the primary motivation in creating a demonstration ranch is the protection of their water rights.

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Report, Water facilities at Las Vegas: reproduction costs, May 9, 1951

Date

1951-05-09

Archival Collection

Description

Value of water production facilities of the railroad and the water company minus depreciation as of December 31, 1950.

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Film transparency showing the Union Pacific Station in Las Vegas, circa 1940s

Date

1940 to 1949

Archival Collection

Description

An image showing an exterior view of the Union Pacific Station. Text on the image reads: "New Union Pacific Station, Las Vegas, Nevada. Gateway to Boulder Dam." Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to F. H. Knickerbocker (Los Angeles), regarding water from well and springs, August 8, 1934.

Date

1934-08-08

Archival Collection

Description

Walter Bracken asking for permission to fill in the swimming pool and use the company drag line to clean out the ditch to the Las Vegas Ranch so overflow could be used by the lesee rather than go to waste.

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Photograph of mail carrier train, (Nev.), 1926-1940

Date

1926 to 1940

Description

Small train is parked along tracks in the middle of the Nevada desert. Flowers and weeds grow along the tracks, and the side of the railroad car reads: "BAGGAGE U.S. MAIL." Inscription with image says: "Gas-mechanical passenger-baggage-mail car on service T&T RR, 1926-1940."

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Contract synposis between Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad and Las Vegas Land and Water Company regarding the water supply, March 30, 1929

Date

1929-07-23

Archival Collection

Description

Contract for the railroad to supply water to the Las Vegas Land and Water Company. Contract Audit Number 7322 by Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company

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Letter from A. S. Halsted to W. H. Comstock, July 15, 1922

Date

1922-07-15

Archival Collection

Description

Halsted advises on legal interpretations of use of force in guarding railroad property.

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Letter from G. T. Wickstrom (Omaha) to E. E. Bennett (Los Angeles), October 9, 1953

Date

1953-10-09

Archival Collection

Description

The contract between the Las Vegas Land and Water Company and the Las Vegas Valley Water District said that all material and equipment used for business would go to the District. Wickstrom is requesting to know what to do with pipe belonging to the Union Pacific Railroad but intended for the Las Vegas Land and Water Co.

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Midway Ore Station at Tonopah and Tidewater: photograph

Date

1907

Description

Tonopah & Tidewater, Midway Ore Station, 1907. The railroad ran from E California to SW Nevada. Inscription reads "Meeting final 20 mule team wagons." The stamp on the back of the photo says: "Mallory Hope Ferrell P. O. Box 2837 Peachtree City, GA 30269."

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