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The Wheel of Rotary Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, August 25, 1949

Date

1949-08-25

Archival Collection

Description

Newsletter issued by the Las Vegas Rotary Club

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Letter from Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce to R. H. Rutledge (Washington, D.C.), with petition by Moapa Valley residents, June 1939

Date

1939-06

Description

Letter dated June 27, 1939, from the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce supporting a petition date June 21, 1939, by property owners and taxpayers living in the Moapa Valley area of Clark County, Nevada. The petition requested that the area be placed under the control of the Division of Grazing. Such a designation would restrict the removal of timber from watershed areas and help prevent the effects of erosion due to flooding. According to the Bureau of Land Management, Grazing District No. 5 is Las Vegas, established November 3, 1936.

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Nevada Girls Training Center dormitories: record drawings

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File

Archival Collection

JMA Architecture Studio Records
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Collection Number: MS-00783
Collection Name: JMA Architecture Studio Records
Box/Folder: Roll 02

Archival Component

Thompson, Dorothy, 1894-1981

Dorothy Loheding was born to Bertina Shoemaker and Fred Lohrding on January 16, 1894 in Kansas. She married Claude W. Thompson (1890-1973) in 1919. They later lived in Caliente in Lincoln County, Nevada. By 1940, the couple lived in Las Vegas where Claude worked as a brakeman for the railroad. Dorothy Thompson died in Las Vegas on October 9, 1981.

Person

Transcript of interview with Ferren W. Bunker by Debra Leu, July 02, 1975

Date

1975-07-02

Description

Debra Leu interviews his friend, agriculture teacher, Ferren W. Bunker (born June 16th, 1918 in Bunkerville, Nevada) in the Bunker home. In addition to being born in Bunkerville, Bunker has lived in Reno, Caliente and Las Vegas, Nevada. During the interview, Bunker discusses early above ground atomic tests, economic and environmental changes, and his heritage as a native Nevadan pioneer and old-timer. Employment is also discussed, as he describes what it was like working as Clark County Cooperative Extension Agent, in the early days.

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The Wheel of Rotary Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, October 20, 1955

Date

1955-10-20

Archival Collection

Description

Official publication of Las Vegas, Nevada Rotary Club

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