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Letter from Harold J. Stocker (Clark County, Nevada) to Harold L. Ickes (Washington, D.C.) February 26, 1940
Date
1940-02-26
Archival Collection
Description
Clark County commissioner asking the Secretary of the Interior to use some of the funds from the Arid Lands Fund to create a drinking water system in the Moapa Valley.
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Map of the Las Vegas ground-water basin, Clark, Nye, and Lincoln Counties, Nevada, 1965
Date
1965
Description
At top of map: 'United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey. Water-supply paper 1780, plate 1.' At bottom of map: 'Base from Army Map Service sheets NJ 11-9, NJ 11-12, and NI 11-3 (1947).' 'Boundary between bedrock and alluvium in Clark County, Nev., compiled by Ben Boyer, E. H. Pampeyan and C. R. Longwell. In Lincoln and Nye Counties, contact determined from aerial photographs.' 'Interior--Geological Survey, Washington, D.C.--1965--W63358.' Includes township and range lines.Relief shown by contours. Thematic map. Scale 1:250,000 (W 116°--W 114°45´/N 37°00´--N 35°30´). Series: Water-supply paper (Washington, D.C.), 1780. Originally published as plate 1 of Available water supply of the Las Vegas ground-water basin, Nevada, by Glenn T. Malmberg, published by the Geological Survey in 1965 as its Water-supply paper 1780.
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Map of part of Las Vegas Valley, Nevada, showing the approximate area of artesian flow, 1965
Date
1965
Description
At top of map: 'United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey. Water supply paper 1780, plate 2.' At bottom of map: 'Base from U.S. Geological Survey Las Vegas (1952) and Henderson (1952) quadrangles.' 'Interior--Geological Survey, Washigton, D.C.--1965--W63358.' Relief shown by contours. Includes township and range lines. Thematic map. Scale 1:62,500 (W 115°15´--W 114°45´/N 36°15´--N 36°00´). Series: Water-supply paper (Washington, D.C.)1780. Originally published as plate 2 of Available water supply of the Las Vegas ground-water basin, Nevada, by Glenn T. Malmberg, published by the Geological Survey in 1965 as its Water-supply paper 1780.
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Map of part of Las Vegas Valley, Nevada, showing the approximate altitude of the water table in the near-surface reservoir in February 1956
Date
1965
Description
Genre/Form: Thematic maps. Scale 1:62,500 (W 115°15´--W 115°00´/N 36°15´--N 36°00´). 1 map ; 45 x 36 cm. Series: Water-supply paper (Washington, D.C.) ; 1780. Relief shown by contours. Originally published as plate 8 of Available water supply of the Las Vegas ground-water basin, Nevada, by Glenn T. Malmberg, published by the Geological Survey in 1965 as its Water-supply paper 1780. Includes township and range lines. Interior, Geological Survey
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Grace Hayes in a floor-length cape-sleeved dress: photographic print
Date
1925
Archival Collection
Description
A portrait of Grace Hayes in a floor-length cape-sleeved dress. The photograph is signed "For = Mary & Madeline, All my love Grace 1925". Ernest Solomon (sp?) photo.
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Goldfield boxing match: photographic print
Date
1900 (year approximate) to 1915 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
Boxing match between Terry Mustain (?) on left and young Peter Jackson (right) in Goldfield, Nevada. Arrow on the image is pointing to Rinker: he "paid with a $40 gold piece for that seat."
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