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Amargosa Valley, Nevada, 1890-1985
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Scope and Contents
Materials contain photographs from 1890 to 1985 of the Fishel and Records families, two families who had ranches in the Amargosa Valley in Nye County, Nevada. Materials include photographs of ranch houses, harvests, fields, wagons, animals, railroads, irrigation systems, and early buildings.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection
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Archival Component
Camp in Railroad Valley: photographic print
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Archival Collection
Description
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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