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Howard Heckethorn oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Howard Heckethorn conducted by Richard Eitland on February 15, 1979 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Mr. Heckethorn describes going to school in the early days of Las Vegas, Nevada. He also talks about many notable teachers he had, as well as the development of the Las Vegas area. Heckethorn also discusses his arrival to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1930, and recalls the Old Mormon Fort, El Rancho, The Last Frontier, and the tourism that gambling brought to the city. Heckethorn discusses the 1960s, and the impact Howard Hughes had in the development of hotels and casinos.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, 1936
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Howard Hughes after his around-the-world flight shaking hands with Secretary of State Cordell Hull as R. Walton Moore, Counselor of the Department of State, looks on, 1938 July 21
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Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 13
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Tungsten Mineralization at Oreana, Nevada report by Paul F. Kerr, 1938 June to 1938 July
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Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Collection on Nevada Mining
Box/Folder: Box 06
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Boulder City Reminder: newspaper, approximately 1938 September 26 to 1938 December 15
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Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of Nevada Newspapers
Box/Folder: Box 03
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, 1936
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, 1936
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Frazier Hall at UNLV: photographic print
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Photograph of the Lockheed 14 aircraft, July 10, 1938
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