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Photograph of Rioville, Nevada, circa 1900
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Archival Collection
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Rioville, also known as Bonelli's Landing, Nevada.
Transcribed Notes: Notes on attached sheet: Rioville, Nevada (also known as Bonelli's Landing). It now lies at the bottom of Lake Mead, formed behind Hoover Dam. Rioville was founded by Daniel Bonelli, a Mormon pioneer sent by Brigham Young, about 1865 at the mouth of the Virgin River.
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Photograph of an unidentified float in the Helldorado Parade, (Nev.), circa 1948
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Archival Collection
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Letter from A. M. Folger (Las Vegas) to Frank Strong, February 21, 1948
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Archival Collection
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Discussion of drilling two wells on the Las Vegas Ranch to make up for the irrigation water lost by the City forbidding the use of effluent, and of giving up acreage for the Elks and a sewer treatment plant.
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Photograph of members of the Wednesday Pan Club, Las Vegas, circa 1940s to 1960s
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Archival Collection
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Cruze, Charlene Cox, 1941-2014
Charlene Cox Cruze was born in Las Vegas, Nevada. Her early ancestors traveled through the area in the 1850s, and her grandparents settled in Las Vegas in 1905, the year it was founded. She is a registered Cherokee, Daughter of the American Revolution, and Daughter of the Utah Pioneers. As of 2010 she worked as a Las Vegas tour guide.
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