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Martha Roberts and her sister Isabelle Roberts with brother Monroe Roberts: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.E. Hawkins Family (Duckwater, Nevada).
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Martha Roberts Hawkins and sister Frances Hawkins: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.E. Hawkins Family (Duckwater, Nevada). Left to right: Martha Roberts Hawkins and sister Frances Hawkins on the Irvin Ranch.
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Stone house located on the Irwin ranch: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.E. Hawkins Family (Duckwater, Nevada). Pictured are Martha Hawkins’ grandmother Hermi Irvin and Charlie Irwin and their daughter, Irma Jean Irwin. The stone building is still standing on the Irwin ranch.
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Frank Vanover, husband of Imogene Irwin Vanover, at the lower part of the Irwin Ranch: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.E. Hawkins Family (Duckwater, Nevada).
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Camp in Railroad Valley: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.E. Hawkins Family (Duckwater, Nevada). A camp in Railroad Valley, Nye County, Nevada, in the vicinity of present-day (1990) oil fields where Isaac "Ike" Irwin drilled for potash. Seated in the wagon wearing a white shirt is Frank Roberts and beside him is Jess Hildebrandt, a resident of Duckwater, Nevada. This photograph is undated, but judging by Frank Robert’s age in the photo it appears to be circa 1915.
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Steam-powered drill rig: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.E. Hawkins Family (Duckwater, Nevada). A steam-powered drill rig that Isaac "Ike" Irwin purchased in Eureka to drill for potash in Railroad Valley, Nye County, Nevada. The picture is difficult to accurately date but might be circa 1915. Individuals in the photo are not identified.
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Branding cattle on the Holstead Ranch: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.E. Hawkins Family (Duckwater, Nevada). On the back of this photo is written: "Around 1912 or 1911.". Branding cattle on the Holstead ranch, located about 4 miles north of the Irwin ranch, Duck Water, Nevada. Frank Roberts, dressed in a white shirt, is holding down the cow. Frank Vanover is branding the cow and Abe Collins is riding the white horse. Rider on the left is not identified.
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Frank Robert's wood wagon: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.E. Hawkins Family (Duckwater, Nevada). Frank Robert’s wood wagon, Irwin ranch, Duckwater, Nevada. After Dad returned with a load of wood and unloaded it, the children left to right: Frances, Isabelle, Martha, Monroe, and Helen climbed into the wagon.
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Roberts family on a visit to relatives in Pennsylvania: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.E. Hawkins Family (Duckwater, Nevada). Left to right are Uncle Clarence Roberts, a baby unidentified, Uncle Monroe Roberts, and Frank Roberts and his daughter Frances.
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North side of the Roberts' home on the Irwin Ranch: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.E. Hawkins Family (Duckwater, Nevada). Cottonwood trees were planted by the Irwin ranch’s developer, Isaac "Ike" Irwin, to be used in the manufacture of fruit boxes. The boy with his back to the camera is David Deluze, son of Nancy Deluze, a teacher on Irwin ranch.
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