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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
Description
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
Description
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
Description
Letter forwards a message from C.O. Whittemore regarding the "lawless element" in Las Vegas.
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Letter from Ross W. Smith to J. K. W. Bracken, June 23, 1903
Date
1903-06-23
Archival Collection
Description
Letter regards receipt of apricots from the Las Vegas Ranch, as well as labor disputes.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken to J. Ross Clark, July 10, 1904
Date
1904-07-10
Archival Collection
Description
Bracken asks whether they should be doing all they can to attract people to Las Vegas.
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Photograph of students on the steps of the Las Vegas High School, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925
Date
1900 to 1925
Archival Collection
Description
Schoolchildren on the steps of Las Vegas High School. Many students were children of employees of the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company. People identified in the photo: Barbara Bell, Enis Liddy, Bob Robbins, Art Mosbach, Tommy Loan, Glenn Trout, Dewey Higbee, Dave Kramer, Otto "Kelly Westlake", Ruth Schuyler, Elsie Goodrich, Iona Jurben. Date estimated between 1917-1918.
Site Name: Las Vegas High School (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Site Name: Las Vegas High School (Las Vegas, Nev.)
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Blueprint of a passenger station for the Union Pacific Railroad Company, A-1, August, 1939
Date
1939-08
Archival Collection
Description
Sheet A-1 of 11 sheets. Job number 150. Passenger station for Union Pacific Railroad Company, Las Vegas, Nevada. Blueprint includes details of main stair, metal facia, drains for waiting room roof and main roof, gutter and roof guard, ladder to equipment room, and attic vent.
Site Name: Union Pacific Railroad Passenger Station (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Site Name: Union Pacific Railroad Passenger Station (Las Vegas, Nev.)
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