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Photograph of a train passing the Yellow Tiger Mine, Goldfield (Nev.), 1900-1920
Date
1900 to 1920
Archival Collection
Description
Caption: Yellow Tiger
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Photograph of a decorated wagon at Tonopah Railroad Carnival, Tonopah (Nev.), early 1900s
Archival Collection
Description
Caption: Miners Drugstore Float Tonopah R.R. Carnival
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Letter from J. K. W. Bracken to J. Ross Clark, April 27, 1903
Date
1903-04-27
Archival Collection
Description
Letter from J. K. W. Bracken to J. Ross Clark, April 27, 1903
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Photograph of the first train in Railroad Pass in Boulder Dam Project, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1930s
Date
1930 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
The first train passes through Railroad Pass for the Boulder Dam Project.
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Letter from William McDermott to J. Ross Clark, March 31, 1903
Date
1903-03-31
Archival Collection
Description
Letter describes the behavior of Kiel Ranch operator, George Lattemore, in selling wine and whiskey to settlers in Las Vegas. McDermott complains that Lattemore is selling wine to his Indian employees.
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Letter from C. A. Earle Rinker to his family, October 25, 1906
Date
1906-10-25
Archival Collection
Description
Letter home from Earle. He arrived in Goldfield. The letter touches upon his trip, his first impressions, he speaks of women, dust, elevation, his new job at MacMaster & MacMaster, costs of living, wages, and a fight in the city, there is a particularly interesting paragraph about Goldfield being lively and the amounts of money changing hands.
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Map showing Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad Company line from Ludlow, California to Goldfield, Nevada, circa 1907
Date
1905 to 1909
Description
Scale not given. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Shows township and range grid. Shows mines, camps and ranches. Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad Company. Library's copy mounted on linen.
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Looking southeast from the pedestrian bridge where I-15, the railroad tracks, and the Las Vegas Wash meet in North Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph
Date
2018-11-27
Archival Collection
Description
From the UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada (PH-00394). Part of the collection documents the entire 19 mile length of the north/south Eastern Avenue / Civic Center Drive alignment. This photograph was captured in the section of Civic Center Drive between Alexander Road and Cheyenne Avenue.
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Letter from E. E. Calvin to N. A. Williams, October 17, 1922
Date
1922-10-17
Archival Collection
Description
Relays another letter from railroad President, Carl R. Gray, regarding the purchase of two automobiles for company use.
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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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