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Photograph of Union Pacific Railroad Depot in Boulder City (Nev.), 1974

Date

1974-03

Description

Moving the Union Pacific Railroad Depot from Boulder City, Nevada, to Henderson, March 1974.

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Supplemental agreement (blanks filled in) between Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad and partner companies and the Las Vegas Water District, C. L. D. No. 11342-1, 1954

Date

1954-03-16

Archival Collection

Description

The purchase contract for the Las Vegas Land and Water Company allows for the contract to be annulled if its bonds are not sold by December 31, 1953. This contract rescinds that deadline, allowing as much time as needed for the sale of the bonds. Agreement that all parties will ignore the provision that any party can terminate the agreement if the bonds do not sell by May 1, 1954.

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Letter from Ralph E. Wells to J. Ross Clark, August 9, 1904

Date

1904-08-09

Archival Collection

Description

Letter forwards a message from C.O. Whittemore regarding the "lawless element" in Las Vegas.

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Letter from H. Hawgood to F. A. Waters, February 9, 1904

Date

1904-02-09

Archival Collection

Description

Letter regarding right of way for Pioche railway branch.

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Photograph of remains of the Bonnie Claire Mill, Bonnie Claire (Nev.), 1906-1928

Date

1906 to 1928

Description

Remains of Mill in Bonnie Clair, Nevada. Debris litters the desert floor leading up to the abandoned mill.

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Photograph of train station and caboose, (Nev.), 1890-1910

Date

1890 to 1910

Description

Railroad station in a mountainous area of Nevada. The T&T caboose (number 401) is "the only surviving piece of T&T rolling stock."

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Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad car: photographic print

Date

1937 to 1939

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.G. Reidhead Family. The railroad car says, "TONOPAH & TIDEWATER". It also says, "BAGGAGE U.S. MAIL 99", and "RAILWAY EXPRESS AGENCY". 

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Arthur Walker Gregory Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00197

Abstract

The Arthur Walker Gregory Photograph Collection, approximately 1900 to 1920, consists of black-and-white photographic prints, and two corresponding negatives. Two of the images depict the first train to arrive in Las Vegas, Nevada from Salt Lake City, Utah in 1905, one with railroad employees in the foreground. The remaining images depict Arthur Walker Gregory’s class photographs at the Las Vegas Grammar School when he was in the first, third, and fifth grades.

Archival Collection

Photograph of ruins of a train station, Goldfield (Nev.), 1918-1928

Date

1918 to 1928

Description

Abandoned buildings in Goldfield, Nevada are scattered across the desert with mountains in the distance. Inscription reads: "Ruins of LV & T station, Goldfield"

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Letter from H. Hawgood to J. Ross Clark, March 9, 1903

Date

1903-03-09

Archival Collection

Description

Letter discusses the purchase of the Stewart Ranch and the intention of Mr. McDermott traveling to the ranch.

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