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Luther Pennington oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Luther Pennington conducted by Greg Decker on February 27, 1979 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Pennington discusses working on the trains for the Union Pacific Railroad Company starting in 1927 and explains the various jobs he held on the train. Pennington then describes his position as locomotive engineer and recalls his experiences. Later, he discusses train routes, stations, and the dangers of working aboard a train.
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Photograph of roundhouse, Caliente, Nevada, circa 1930s
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Letter from M. S. Beal (Las Vegas) to Henry Thurtell (Carson City, Nevada), September 25, 1906
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Lawyer notifying the state engineer that Peter Buol had applied for some water from the Las Vegas Creek, which entire length and the springs were on land owned by the railroad on the basis that some of the water was wasted and therefore available.
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Photograph of Amargosa Hotel, Death Valley Junction (Calif.), 1920-1935
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Photograph of mill housing, Death Valley Junction (Calif.), 1918
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