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Letter from A. S. Halstead to C. P. Smith, September 23, 1922

Date

1922-09-23

Archival Collection

Description

Caption: Automobiles bought by company during strike

Text

Dan Bennett oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00110

Abstract

Oral history interview with Dan Bennett conducted by Guy Pence on October 03, 1972 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. During this interview Bennett talks about the visits from presidents and other important people to the Las Vegas, Nevada area and discusses the 1942 plane crash of Carole Lombard’s plane. He also mentions Boulder Dam and describes the economic, social and environmental changes that have taken place in Southern Nevada over the years.

Archival Collection

Panoramic photograph of a train crossing the desert, Pioche (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Panoramic photograph of a train crossing the desert, Pioche (Nev.), 1900-1925

Image

Photograph of Railroad survey camp between Caliente and Las Vegas (Nev.), 1904

Date

1904

Description

Railroad survey camp between Caliente and Las Vegas

Image

Photograph of the Caliente and Pioche railroad tracks rounding mountain, 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Photograph of the Caliente and Pioche railroad tracks rounding mountain, 1900-1925

Image

Photograph of a railroad car used for first railroad station, Las Vegas (Nev.), January, 1905

Date

1905-01

Description

First railroad station built from old railroad car placed on a siding about January 1905

Image

Photograph of ore being loaded at the rail depot, Tonopah (Nev.), 1904

Date

1904

Archival Collection

Description

Inscription on front reads "Depot at Tonopah 1904"

Image

Photograph of the Union Plaza railroad depot, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1918

Date

1918

Description

Photograph of the Union Plaza railroad depot, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1918

Image

Aerial photograph of a railroad line camp, 1904

Date

1904

Description

Aerial photograph of a railroad line camp, 1904

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