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Letter from A. M. Folger (Las Vegas) to Frank Strong, November 6, 1947
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Archival Collection
Description
Report of the discussion regarding the creation of the Las Vegas Valley Water District at a Rotary meeting.
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Newspaper clipping, Campaign started to complete signatures for Water District, Las Vegas Review-Journal, May 19, 1948
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Story about a campaign to collect enough signatures to call an election for a vote on the creation of a water district for the Las Vegas valley.
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Newspaper clipping, Las Vegas Valley water withdrawal keeps even, Las Vegas Review-Journal, July, 21 1948
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Archival Collection
Description
Residents of the Las Vegas Valley were withdrawing water at the same rate as was being recharged.
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Newspaper clipping, Water district for Las Vegas Valley moves step ahead, Las Vegas Review-Journal, August 8, 1948
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Archival Collection
Description
Having received enough petition signatures, water district backers were moving on to the next step: a public meeting to discuss the issue.
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Newspaper clipping, County approves petition for Water District, Las Vegas Review-Journal, August 30, 1948
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Archival Collection
Description
Article describing how the Clark County Commission approved the petition to create a water district and set up plans for an election on the issue.
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Petition by property owners to create the Las Vegas Valley Water District addressed to the Board of Commissioners, Clark County, Nevada, after 1947
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Archival Collection
Description
Text of the petition circulated to real property owners within Clark County to create the Las Vegas Valley Water District. Also included is a map of the area to be supplied with water, which is marked with the proposed boundaries of seven divisions.
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Letter from William Reinhardt (Los Angeles) to G. F. Ashby, September 8, 1948
Date
Archival Collection
Description
The water company had been requested to extend a pipeline to a new subdivision outside of the Las Vegas city limits for fire protection, but Reinhardt recommended not setting a dangerous precedent.
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Letter from G. F. Ashby (Omaha) to William Reinhardt, September 12, 1948
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Ashby agreed with Reinhardt that extending water lines beyond the city limits, even for fire protection, set a dangerous precedent
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Newspaper clipping, October 19 set for water district vote, Las Vegas Review-Journal, September 16, 1948
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Clark County Commission set October 19, 1948 as the date for a vote on the creation of the Las Vegas Valley Water District
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Letter including map from William Reinhardt (Los Angeles) to G. F. Ashby regarding proposed Las Vegas Valley Water District, September 20, 1948
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Archival Collection
Description
Map of the proposed Las Vegas Valley Water District with introductory letter.
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