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Photograph of Rioville, Nevada, circa 1900
Date
1900 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
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
Date
1948 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
Crowds of people sit and watch as the women in costume pose and wave on an unidentified float in the Helldorado Parade on Fremont Street. This photo was taken in either 1948 or 1949. The float passes in front of The Pioneer Club and The Westerner Gambling Hall. Site Name: Westerner Gambling Hall and Saloon (Las Vegas, Nev.) Street Address: 23 Fremont Street
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Letter from A. M. Folger (Las Vegas) to Frank Strong, February 21, 1948
Date
1948-02-21
Archival Collection
Description
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
Date
1940 to 1969
Archival Collection
Description
Pioneers of the Wednesday Pan Club in Las Vegas. From left to right: Frances McNamee (Mrs. Leo A. McNamee), Patience Hesse (Mrs. Fred Hesse), Hazel Williams, Clare Lola Woodbury, C. C. Florence Boyer, Helen Lewis (Mrs. Ardere). Alta Ham, Sr. and Doris Ham are absent from the meeting.
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