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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Leo A. McNamee (Las Vegas), November 2, 1939

Date

1939-11-02

Archival Collection

Description

Letter accompanying application for the Las Vegas Land and Water Co. to have permission to use the new well on the Las Vegas Ranch. The unsigned application is referenced below.

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Letter from Leo A. McNamee to Alfred Merritt Smith (Carson City), November 6, 1939

Date

1939-11-06

Archival Collection

Description

Letter to the state engineer accompanying the application to allow the Las Vegas Land and Water co. access to water on the Las Vegas Ranch. The unsigned application is referenced below.

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Letter from Leo A. McNamee (Las Vegas) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), August 23, 1939

Date

1939-08-23

Archival Collection

Description

Letter accompanying the agreements with the Las Vegas Land and Water Company and the drilling company.

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Letter from Leo A. McNamee (Las Vegas) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), November 1, 1939

Date

1939-11-01

Archival Collection

Description

Letter explaining the application to appropriate public waters. The unsigned application and well log are referenced below.

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Letter from E. E. Bennett (Los Angeles) to Walter Bracken (Las Vegas), December 19, 1939

Date

1939-12-19

Archival Collection

Description

Letter from the Union Pacific Railroad Co. lawyer recommending that the company not provide a settlement with the Stewart family, but to move forward with supplying water.

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Photograph of a group of people in and around swimming pool at Ladd's Resort, Las Vegas, circa 1910

Date

1910 (year approximate)

Description

Group of people, primarily children posing near the swimming pool at Ladd's Resort, the Las Vegas Ranch.

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Letter from J. M. Murphy (Las Vegas) to Frank Strong (Los Angeles), February 18, 1948

Date

1948-02-18

Archival Collection

Description

The Las Vegas City Manager informs Union Pacific Railroad that it would no longer be providing the one million gallons of effluent to the Las Vegas Ranch for use in irrigation.

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Frank Strong (Los Angeles), April 10, 1945

Date

1945-04-10

Archival Collection

Description

The Las Vegas Land and Water Company found it necessary to lock up the spring on the Las Vegas Ranch to secure it from squatters on the property.

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Letter from R. L. Adamson (Los Angeles) to E. E. Bennett, November 14, 1952

Date

1952-11-14

Archival Collection

Description

Discussion of needed revisions for the contract for the Las Vegas Valley Water District's purchase of water production facilities and land from the Union Pacific Railroad.

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Letter from William McDermott (Las Vegas) to C. O. Whittemore (Salt Lake City), November 29, 1902

Date

1902-11-29

Archival Collection

Description

Discussion of the survey of the Las Vegas Ranch in relation to the Las Vegas Creek.

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