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Letter from J. K. W. Bracken to Ross W. Smith, June 18, 1903
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Archival Collection
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General Manager, Manager of Properties, and Manager of Industrial Development in Los Angeles, California, 1900-1976
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The General Manager, Manager of Properties, and Manager of Industrial Development in Los Angeles, California sub-series (1900-1976) consists of information related to the physical development of Union Pacific railroad towns and sites outside of Las Vegas, Nevada, including Yermo, California. Files include building leases, sales and purchases of land and water, accounting and other business practices, legislative matters, and industrial development along the Union Pacific rail routes.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Collection
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Archival Component
Aerial photograph of Boulder City (Nev.), circa 1933
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Archival Collection
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Postcard of Main street at Bonneville, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1912
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Archival Collection
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Caption: Wharton Drug Co.
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Roy Waite oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Roy Waite conducted by Dale Haley in approximately 1974 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Waite begins by discussing his athleticism, being a part of the first basketball team in Las Vegas, Nevada, and his general store in Bunkerville, Nevada. Waite lists the different social organizations and boards he was affiliated with, describes the arrival of the railroads, and the ranch he used to own near Bunkerville. He talks about the construction of Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam) and how Southern Nevada has changed socially and environmentally. Waite also discusses smelting lead for bullets and relocating Native American remains away from a grave site that would be submerged by Lake Mead.
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