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Photograph of Thanksgiving banquet at the Holland Hotel, Pioneer (Nev.),November 24, 1911

Date

1911-11-24

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Thanksgiving banquet at the Holland Hotel, Pioneer, Nevada, November 24, 1911
Caption: Handwritten in bottom margin of photograph:"Mrs. O'Brien at head of table. C W Thomas 2nd on right." Caption handwritten below photograph: "Thanksgiving banquet, Pioneer Hotel,Pioneer, Nevada, November 1911." The hotel was the Holland Hotel, in Pioneer, Nevada. It was managed by Mr. & Mrs. J. D. O'Brien at the time. Charles W. Thomas became the postmaster of Pioneer, Nevada in October 1911.
Site Name: Holland Hotel (Pioneer, Nev.)

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Taylor, Richard B. (Richard Blackburn), 1929-2011

Richard "Dick" Blackburn Taylor was a prominent businessman in Las Vegas, Nevada and amateur historian of Southern Nevada. Taylor was born on January 31, 1929 in Quincy, Illinois and grew up in Glendale, California. After graduating high school in 1947, he attended Washington and Lee University, the University of Southern California, and the University of Hawaii. He served in the 4th Infantry Division of the United States Army in Germany during the occupation following WWII. In 1957, he married Charlene Flora Belknap and they had four children.

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Letter from J. Ross Clark to T. P. Cullen, August 24, 1904

Date

1904-08-24

Archival Collection

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Letter discusses a question regarding the future of Las Vegas.

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Letter from J. K. W. Bracken to C. H. Brown, November 12, 1903

Date

1903-11-12

Archival Collection

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Letter regarding a paycheck that Brown is owed and has not received.

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Letter from Ralph E. Wells to J. Ross Clark, August 9, 1904

Date

1904-08-09

Archival Collection

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Letter forwards a message from C.O. Whittemore regarding the "lawless element" in Las Vegas.

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