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Photograph of the Tecopa Railroad Engine No. 1, Tecopa (Nev.), 1920
Date
1920
Archival Collection
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.
Caption: Old Engine at Tecopa, Calif.
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Letter from Leo A. McNamee to A. S. Halsted, July 8, 1922
Date
1922-07-08
Archival Collection
Description
Letter from Leo A. McNamee to A. S. Halsted, July 8, 1922
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Letter from J. T. McWilliams to J. Ross Clark, November 9, 1902
Date
1902-11-09
Archival Collection
Description
Letter discusses the Clark's intention to purchase the Las Vegas Ranch for the railroad. McWilliams discusses the necessary measures to get a proper survey of the ranch.
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Letter from Clayton V. Smith to C. McLeod, June 19, 1913
Date
1913-06-19
Archival Collection
Description
Letter concerns bills and checks for freight shipments.
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Letter from Leo McNamee to Fred E. Pettit, Jr., July 29, 1922
Date
1922-07-29
Description
Letter reports how many and where copies of injunction against railroad strikers were posted. Asks for extra deputies.
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Letter from W. R. Armstrong (Los Angeles) to E. E. Cunningham, August 17, 1928
Date
1928-09-10
Archival 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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Railway switchyard: photographic print
Date
1942 (year approximate) to 1949 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
Railway switchyard near control house.
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Letter from J. K. W. Bracken to J. Ross Clark, December 14, 1904
Date
1904-12-14
Archival Collection
Description
Letter discusses the need to pay the deputy sheriff in Las Vegas extra to patrol company property to protect against gang pillaging.
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Letter from W. E. Smith to C. McLeod, June 11 [1913]
Date
1913-06-11
Archival Collection
Description
Letter concerns arranging a meeting with Mahoney, and shipment of feed or barley. Letter sent from Potosi Mine.
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Transcript of interview with John Brooks by Jeff Kennedy, February 28, 1979
Date
1979-02-28
Archival Collection
Description
Jeff Kennedy interviews gaming industry professional John Brooks (b. 1937) at his home in Las Vegas, Nevada. During the interview Brooks discusses gaming, education, the early above ground atomic blasts, Boulder Dam, and social and environmental changes in Nevada. Brooks also discusses the Old Ranch, economic changes, religion, politics, family life, the Navy, sports, the railroad, Fremont Street and the hotels on the Strip in Las Vegas.
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