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Photograph of Tonopah & Tidewater station, Amargosa Valley (Nev.), 1920-1930
Date
1920 to 1930
Archival Collection
Description
Former T&T station at Death Valley Junction, shown at its present location in Lathrop Wells, Nevada. Lathrop Wells is now known as Amargosa Valley.
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Letter from E. E. Bennett to Howard W. Blanchard (Washington, D. C.), April 19, 1954
Date
1954-04-19
Archival Collection
Description
Bennett was requesting the name of the chairman of the Senate Interior and Insular Affairs Committee as well as members so see if there were any that he could influence for a favorable passage of the water district right-of-way bills.
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Grant of easement, Las Vegas Land and Water Company, Audit No. 5352, June 1, 1954
Date
1954-06-01
Archival Collection
Description
Granting of an easement by the Union Pacific Railroad to the Las Vegas Valley Water District for the purpose of maintaining the water supply facilities. Notarized by Louis Scholnick in Douglas County, Nebraska on June 3, 1954.
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Photograph of a mill, Bullionville (Nev.), 1875-1893
Date
1875 to 1893
Archival Collection
Description
Pioche locamotive on an elevated railroad track running through a mill. The city of Bullionville was founded by John H. Ely and W.H. Raymond in 1870, but is now a deserted settlement and a ghost town.
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Photograph of Louis C. Pico, Antonia Eva Pico, and Louis, Jr., Las Vegas, February 7, 1938
Date
1938-02-07
Archival Collection
Description
A black and white image of Louis C. Pico (seated), Antonia Eva Pico, Louis C. Pico Jr., and their dog in Las Vegas. The family is an example of "a satisfied water user." This photo was taken from a time capsule in the cornerstone of the Union Pacific Railroad station located in Las Vegas. The time capsule was placed there in 1940 and was later retrieved when the building was demolished around 1970.
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Telegram from J. Ross Clark to H. I. Bettis and C. O. Whittemore, May 17, 1905
Date
1905-05-17
Archival Collection
Description
Telegram regards a private sale plan and the temporary water supply.
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Photograph album 3, Ferron-Bracken Collection, circa 1905-1935, page 40
Date
1905 to 1935
Description
Photograph in upper left corner shows businesses on Fremont Street in Las Vegas, circa 1920s. Visible are part of the Majestic Theater, the Oasis Garden restaurant, Beckley's shoe store, the Overland Hotel, Dobson Bros. Grocers, The People's Store and the Union Pacific railroad station. Photograph in upper right corner shows the Union Pacific Railroad railyards in Las Vegas, circa 1910s-1920s.
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Photograph of World War I draftees leaving Las Vegas, Nevada, 1918
Date
1918
Archival Collection
Description
People outside of a railroad passenger car. Handwritten description given with photograph: "SP, LA & SL station [street side] with draftees WWI Las Vegas. Sequence of farewell scenes with views of cars. At least one car still lettered 'Salt Lake'."
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Letter from J. K. W. Bracken to J. Ross Clark, March 26, 1903
Date
1903-03-26
Archival Collection
Description
Bracken states that he will be willing to go the Las Vegas Ranch and discusses the time frame for such travels.
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Transcript of interview with Jackie Abell by Robert Stuart, April 03, 1976
Date
1976-04-03
Archival Collection
Description
Robert Stuart interviews Jackie Abell (b. 1924) about her experiences growing up in Virginia City, Reno, and Overton, Nevada. She specifically discusses her experiences growing up on a ranch, railroading, above ground atomic testing, flooding, and wild animals.
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