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Press release announcing Howard Hughes' purchase of the Sands Hotel

Date

1967-07-24

Description

Press release quoting Bob Paige announcing Howard Hughes' acquistion of the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas.

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Montezuma Hotel, menu, Thursday, September 13, 1883

Date

1883-09-13

Archival Collection

Description

Note: Paraphrase of quote from Shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice" at bottom of menu Menu insert: Quotations Restaurant: Montezuma Hotel Location: Las Vegas Hot Springs, New Mexico, United States

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Letter from F. H. Knickerbocker (Los Angeles) to A. S. Halsted (Las Vegas), January 7, 1925

Date

1925-12-11

Archival Collection

Description

The new artesian well should be capped so its flow could be controlled so there would not be a problem with claims of surplus water. Written in pencil at the top of the page: "102-5" "174-2" and "Dry Lake, Nev." Letter is stamped "A.S.H. Jan 7." Letter also refers to Mr. Mcnamee.

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County agent project report, Cooperative extension work in agriculture and home economics, 1930 Addition

Date

1930

Description

Summary of plan for organizing an irrigation district in the Moapa Valley for flood control, water storage, and drainage. Project Number: State Office No. 172, Clark County No. 12

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Menu for Opening of Jacksonville Southeastern Rail Road to Centralia, Wednesday, November 7, 1883, Dunlap House

Date

1883-11-07

Archival Collection

Description

Note: Excursion souvenir. Quote on menu, "Now good digestion wait on appetite and health on both." Menu insert: Quotations Restaurant: The Dunlap House Location: Jacksonville, Illinois, United States

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The water resources of the Las Vegas Valley: a brief survey, March 27, 1931

Date

1931-03-27

Description

Overview of the water resources in the Las Vegas Valley, includes maps

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