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Newspaper, Western Railway Journal, June 1917
Date
1917-06
Description
Volume 6, No. 6. Issue about Las Vegas.
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Negative: Irrigation reservoir on old Turner Ranch, Nevada: photographic print
Date
1905
Archival Collection
Description
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.A. Carver, Carver-Duhme, and Carver-Book Families (Smoky Valley). The reservoir was fed by an artesian well located to the left of the photograph. The well was 500 feet deep, and flows 90 gallons a minute without pumping.
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Photograph album 1, Ferron-Bracken Collection, circa 1905-1935, page 70
Date
1905 to 1935
Description
Photograph in upper left shows the railyard in downtown Las Vegas, circa 1910s, including the Las Vegas Ice and Manufacturing Company building and other structures. One building says F. I. Kremer, Furniture on its roof. The photograph in the lower left shows Anna Bracken with her dogs on the porch of the Las Vegas Ranch house. The photograph in the lower right shows men with the first artesian well in Las Vegas Valley at the Taylor Ranch.
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Telegram from N. A. Williams (Los Angeles) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), June 5, 1924
Date
1924-06-11
Archival Collection
Description
The water shortage was causing concern for the railroad because low water levels caused the well to spew sand which was very bad for the trains. A new well was needed to increase supply of water.
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