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Panoramic photograph of a surveyors' camp after a desert windstorm, 1903

Date

1903

Description

Inscription on reverse reads Remains of Maguire's camp on the desert after ( illegible) windstorm. Photograph also available in the Edwards Collection.

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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

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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

Photograph of Mohawk Mine and Tonopah Goldfield Train, Goldfield (Nev.), early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Photograph of Mohawk Mine and Tonopah Goldfield Train, Goldfield (Nev.), early 1900s

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Photograph of railroad cottages, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1911

Date

1911

Description

Row of railroad cottages in Clark's Las Vegas Townsite. Photograph is of a Wharton Drug Company postcard. 64 railroad cottages were built between 1909 and 1911 by the Las Vegas Land and Water Company for employees of the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad.
Caption: R. R. cottages, Las Vegas, Nev. 1911

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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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Photograph of a man setting up a tent in a railroad survey camp, Eldorado Canyon (Nev.), March, 1907

Date

1907-03

Description

Photograph of a man setting up a tent in a railroad survey camp, Eldorado Canyon (Nev.), March, 1907

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Photograph of men digging the railbed for the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company, 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Photograph of men digging the railbed for the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company, 1900-1925

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Photograph of the surveyor for the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Photograph of the surveyor for the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925

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