Jim Marsh in Denver, Colorado. Father was the chief for the Colorado Patrol. Mother lived in Nebraska. Jim split time in both places while growing up. He was a service member of the Army and once getting out of the service he started his work with his father at a Ford dealership. Jim went on to work and own dealership in several different areas, Colorado, California, New Mexico, and Washington states before arriving in Las Vegas, NV in 1971. Once arriving in Las Vegas Marsh purchased a dealership called American Auto Mart. Around 1976 Jim Marsh bought the Santa Fe Saloon along with the twenty lots surrounding it for 12,500. This was his first experience in the gaming industry Marsh was the only dealership in the world for 25 years to have a gaming license in a new-car dealership. Marsh discovered interest in Belmont when there was a lone resident Rose Walter. The two bartered and Jim gained land in Belmont and went on to build a bar and church for the town. Marsh eventually went on to own the Skyline Casino. Jim Marsh founded the Nevada Auto Auction in 1987 on Las Vegas Boulevard South Eventually sold it and used the investment to build the Longstreet Casino. Marsh was' also a member of business organizations, Better Business Bureau and The Red Cross Marsh has been a member of the Salvation Army Advisory Board for at least 25 years. Tonopah is another location that Marsh has invested in. After leasing the gaming at the Mizpah Hotel to later buying the Valley Bank building and moving the gaming from Mizpah. It is still successful today. He also purchased the Tonopah Station House which is a hotel bar, and restaurant; along with owning the grocery store Scolari's next-door. Tonopah has proved to be a very good investment for Jim Marsh.
Black and white image of the view from the Arizona side looking toward Callvilles (out of view, but in the grove of cottonwoods in the distance). It must be remembered that in those days the river was mostly silt, sand and during flood times huge rocks. Government engineers estimated that the Colorado River carried to the Gulf of California 94,000,000 tons of silt and rocks every 24 hours.
Black and white image of Black Canyon, where Hoover Dam now is. Sharp hill showing in the background is Fortification Mountain on Arizona side of the river. Fortification is now about halfway covered by the waters of Lake Mead.
The Colorado River, Boulder Canyon looking upstream from a boat in late August 1929. Drill rig on the Nevada side of the Colorado River can be seen on the left of the photo.
Black and white photograph of Colorado River, Boulder Canyon in early August 1929. Close up of the first core drill rig on Nevada side of the Colorado River where the dam was first planned. Picture was taken from boat on the river.
Black and white image of the Colorado River, summer of 1929. Dressed deer (hung adjacent to river). Attached to the photo: "One of the many deer we shot and ate during the summer of 1929". Believed to be killed by Merle Emory.
Black and white image of a mercantile store at Saint Thomas, Nevada in 1929. Town was submerged under water during the construction of Hoover Dam and Lake Mead. Photo sleeve contains additional materials.
Black and white picture of George Kelly Ryan, taken on his birthday, June 3, 1929. Attached to photo: "If memory serves correctly, this picture of me was taken on my birthday, June 3rd, 1929." Photo sleeve contains an enlargement of the original photo.