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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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Remarks dedicating McCarran Field as port of entry facility, Las Vegas, 15 July 1971, and speech dedicating Reno International Airport as port of entry facility, 1971 July 15
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Collection Name: Howard Cannon Papers
Box/Folder: Box 06 (Speeches)
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New Brigadier Generals Nicholas Allen, Robert Smart, William C. Lewis, and Senator Howard Cannon at a meeting: photographic print
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New York Central, Wagner Palace Dining Car Service, H.M.M.B.A. New York Delegation, menu, 1891 May 15
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Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Menu Collection
Box/Folder: Box 98
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William D. Howard, Marcus Howard, Nancy Howard Copley, Mary Josephine Baxter Howard, Ollie Howard Lohr, Allie Howard Moxley, Lyght Howard, and Minnie Howard, Oregon, undated
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Collection Name: Josephine Johnson Foster Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
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Howard Hughes with two others inside the Hughes Tool Company factory, 1938 July 30
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Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 05
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Howard Hughes and employees visiting Hughes Tool Company in Houston, Texas, 1938 July 30
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 08
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First prototype of the XF-11, flown by Howard Hughes, taking off, 1946 July 07
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Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 09
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Galt House, lunch menu, Sunday, July 15, 1883
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Howard Cannon at opening of a new cafeteria at the United States Senate Restaurant: photographic print, 1959 March
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Collection Name: Howard Cannon Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 03
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