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Letter from F. R. McNamee (Los Angeles) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), August 27, 1913

Date

1913-08-27

Archival Collection

Description

McNamee asking for information regarding the Buol well and discussing the possibility of the Las Vegas Land and Water Co. buying land in the vicinity of the Las Vegas Springs to protect their water rights and prevent litigation.

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Frank Strong, October 11, 1945

Date

1945-10-11

Archival Collection

Description

Bracken asks if the Las Vegas Land and Water Co. should oppose a proposed well by Kenny Searles.

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Entrance to the Pahrump Valley Hotel: photographic print

Date

1916

Archival Collection

Description

Entrance gate to Pahrump Valley Company which includes the hotel, ranch, school, homes, etc in 1916. Notice water flowing across road; it was from an artesian well and was used for irrigation. Handwritten inscription on back of photo reads, "1916 entrance gate to Pahrump Valley Compny Ranch,Store, School; hotel, boarding house, bunk house, blacksmith shop, duplex homes, implement shed, home of ranch foreman. Notoce water flowingacross the road. From the spring, pools artesian well across corrall & fields where it was ditched for irrigation." It also has this stamp on the back, Pahrump Tribune P. O. Box218A Pahrump, NV 89041.

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to W. M. Jeffers, November 13, 1944

Date

1944-11-13

Archival Collection

Description

The Chamber of Commerce agreed that the artesian water in the valley should be reserved for domestic purposes, and Lake Mead water for irrigation, but Bracken wrote that this was academic because Basic Magnesium Inc. had no excess water.

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Map of Las Vegas Valley artesian basin, circa 1940

Date

1938 to 1942

Description

Scale [ca. 1:72,000. 1 in.=approx. 6,000 feet] (W 115°10´--W 115°/N 36°20´--N 36´). Shows wells, springs, boundary between valley fill and bedrock, and ground water district boundaries for Las Vegas Metropolitan Area and North Las Vegas. "Figure 1." Nevada. State Engineer

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Map of Las Vegas artesian basin, Clark County, Nevada, April 1946 (Water Resources Bulletin no. 4, plate 1)

Date

1946-04

Description

'April, 1946.' 'Showing location of wells, springs, and boundary between valley fill and bedrock.' Originally published as plate 1 in number 4 of the Water resources bulletin published by the Nevada Office of the State Engineer. Scale [ca. 1:63,360. 1 in. to approx. 1 mile] (W 115°10?--N 115°/N 36°20?--N 36°). G4354.L3C34 1946 .N482

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to J. Ross Clark (Los Angeles), October 25, 1919

Date

1919-10-25

Archival Collection

Description

Bracken asking Clark how to proceed since a man had offered to buy a small plot of land near the Las Vegas Springs who had promised not to drill a well. Bracken recommended to not allow it.

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