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Letter from B. W. Dunn to John Ryan, July 11, 1910

Date

1910-07-11

Archival Collection

Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad Records

Description

Letter urges Ryan to consider membership in the Bureau for the Safe Transportation of Explosives.

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Map of the United States of America, 1859

Date

1859

Description

'Philadelphia. Published by Charles Desilver ... 1859.' Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1856 by Charles Desilver in the Clerks office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.' 'Engraved by J.L. Hazzard & E. Yeager.' Includes notes and insets titled 'Gold region of California' and 'District of Columbia.' Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Also shows battle fields and proposed western railroad routes. Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich. Atlas p. numbers in upper margin: 5-6. Scale 1:8,750,000 (W 126°--W 65°/N 48°--N 24°)

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Map of the United States of America, 1856

Date

1856

Description

'Philadelphia. Published by Charles Desilver.' 'Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1856 by Charles Desilver in the Clerks office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.' 'Engraved by J.L. Hazzard & E. Yeager.' Includes notes and insets titled 'Gold region of California' and 'District of Columbia.' Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Also shows battle fields and proposed western railroad routes. Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich. Atlas p. numbers in upper margin: 5-6. Scale 1:8,750,000 (W 126°--W 65°/N 48°--N 24°).

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Letter from H. C. Nutt to San Pedro, Los Angeles, & Salt Lake Railroad employees, August 4, 1916

Date

1916-08-04

Archival Collection

Union Pacific Railroad Collection

Description

Letter advises that if a strike occurs positions held by strikers will be filled by other employees.

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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

Date

1952-10-15

Archival Collection

Union Pacific Railroad Collection

Description

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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Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, United States Secretary of the Interior: photographic print

Date

1910 (year approximate) to 1945 (year approximate)

Archival Collection

Elizabeth Harrington Photograph Collection

Description

From the Elizabeth Harrington Photograph Collection (PH-00291). Inscription with image reads: "Driving the silver spike. Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, Secretary of the Interior, drives the last spike into tracks of railroads spur to the damsite. To the right of Dr. Wilbur is Senator Key Pittman. Nest to Pittman is Nevada Governor Fred Balzar. Second back from Senator Pittman is Las Vegas Mayor Fred Hesse. To the left of Dr. Wilbur is Carl R. Coray, Union Pacific Railroad president." - E(lizabeth) Harrington.

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Letter from William McDermott to C.O. Whittemore, November 29, 1902

Date

1902-11-29

Archival Collection

Union Pacific Railroad Collection

Description

Letter discusses the survey of the Las Vegas Ranch and the concern that the spring may run off of the ranch onto adjacent properties.

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Letter from L. R. Maag (Los Angeles) to William Reinhardt, June 5, 1952

Date

1952-06-03

Archival Collection

Union Pacific Railroad Collection

Description

Letter explaining the proposed relocation of water pipelines and powerlines off railroad land before the sale to the water district to enable future development of land. Reference to map shown below.

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Last Frontier Village at the Last Frontier Hotel: postcards

Date

1940 (year approximate) to 1949 (year approximate)

Archival Collection

Dennis McBride Photograph Collection

Description

Postcards of the Last Frontier Village at the Last Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas. (c. 1940s)

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Letter from W. R. Armstrong (Los Angeles) to E. E. Cunningham, August 17, 1928

Date

1928-09-10

Archival Collection

Union Pacific Railroad Collection

Description

Logandale, Nevada lacked a water system and McNamee thought that if the railroad supplied Bishop Jones with water, others would expect the same.

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