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Photograph of mill ruins, Searchlight, Nevada, circa 1880s

Date

1880 to 1889

Description

Ruins of stamp mill of the Southwest Mining Company overlooking the Colorado River at Eldorado Canyon.

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Richard "Chick" Perkins oral history interview

Identifier

OH-04001

Abstract

Oral history interview with Richard "Chick" Perkins conducted by an unidentified interviewer on February 5, 1974 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview Perkins responds to questions about the history of the city of Las Vegas, Nevada, the Pueblo de Grande archaelogical site, and the Lost City, Museum in Overton, Nevada. He provides a detailed response to questions about the indigenous peoples of the southern Nevada area, looking at their customs, culture, and perceptions regarding white settlement in the area.

Archival Collection

Lost City Museum

No description.

Subject

Lost City (historical)

No description.

Broader

Feature

abandoned populated place

Geographic Location

Correspondence, Levi Syphus to H.E. George

Date

1902-11-13

Archival Collection

Description

This folder is from the "Correspondence" file of the Sadie and Hampton George Papers (MS-00434)

Text

Willis Clark Evans oral history interview

Identifier

OH-04003

Abstract

Oral history interview with Willis Clark Evans conducted by Bernard Timberg on February 5, 1974 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Evans discusses his father, Native American archaeologist Willis Lyman Evans, his mother, Jessie Dave Evans, his uncle, Henry "Hank" Dave as he recounts his upbringing and family history. He shares memories of family trips around the United States, hunting trips, learning traditional crafts from his father, finding artifacts, and visiting Richard "Chick" Perkins at the Lost City Museum. He also recounts stories about his mother and her Shoshone family, including stories about his uncle's experiences as a ranch worker in Northern Nevada.

Archival Collection

Las Vegas Review-Journal Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00050

Abstract

The Las Vegas Review-Journal Photograph Collection depicts several events in Las Vegas, Nevada from 1935 to 1983 that were documented by Nevada’s largest newspaper, the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The photographs depict the fire at the Las Vegas School in 1935, the fire at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in 1980, an exhibition at the Lost City Museum in 1973, a memorial event honoring the first permanent school in Las Vegas in 1980, and an exhibition at the Nevada State Museum and Historical Society in 1983. The collection also contains photographs of some denizens of Las Vegas, including people at the Hughes Bar in Las Vegas, the last Union Pacific passenger train in Las Vegas, and schoolchildren at the Las Vegas School.

Archival Collection

Photograph of Pueblo Grande de Nevada, 1926

Date

1926

Description

A crew performing an excavation at Pueblo Grande de Nevada, also known as the "Lost City," near Overton, Nevada. Description provided with image: "At the Lost City Dig-1926."

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Postcard of ruins, Pueblo Grande de Nevada, circa mid to late 1920s

Date

1925 to 1929

Description

Unidentified people at Pueblo Grande de Nevada, also known as the "Lost City," near Overton, Nevada. Description provided on front of card: "Ruins of adobe houses, Lost City of Nevada."

Image

Photograph of Pueblo Grande de Nevada, circa mid to late 1920s

Date

1925 to 1929

Description

An unidentified archeologist performing an excavation at Pueblo Grande de Nevada, also known as the "Lost City," near Overton, Nevada. Image may be included in Lost City Album, Nevada State Parks Collection.

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