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Postcard of the Las Vegas Depot, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925
Date
1900 to 1925
Archival Collection
Description
Wilson Drug Company postcard.
Caption: The Depot, Last Vegas, Nevada; Las Vegas Railroad Depot; Union Pacific Railroad Depot, Las Vegas, Nevada
Site Name: Las Vegas Depot (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Caption: The Depot, Last Vegas, Nevada; Las Vegas Railroad Depot; Union Pacific Railroad Depot, Las Vegas, Nevada
Site Name: Las Vegas Depot (Las Vegas, Nev.)
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken to F. H. Knickerbocker, April 23, 1925
Date
1925-04-23
Archival Collection
Description
Letter concerns handling of paychecks to railroad employees.
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Photograph of the first public train into Las Vegas from Los Angeles, Las Vegas (Nev.), May 15, 1905
Date
1905-05-15
Archival Collection
Description
The image was taken within the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad's rail yard. In the center of the photograph is a large crowd of people who have just arrived. To the left is passenger cars, to the right freight cars, in the background center is the first depot in Las Vegas, a railroad car. Photographer is believed to have been Ed Von Tobel, Sr. The San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad offered a special rate of sixteen dollars to those coming in for the auction of lots within Clark's Las Vegas Townsite. If an individual purchased property, the amount of the ticket would be refunded.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken to H. I. Bettis, January 17, 1908
Date
1908-01-28
Archival Collection
Description
Bracken wishes to renegotiate his lease on the Las Vegas Ranch if the railroad continues to dump oil into Las Vegas Creek.
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Letter from Frank R. McNameer to A. S. Halsted, March 1, 1923
Date
1923-03-01
Archival Collection
Description
Relays another letter from Nevada Governor J.G. Scrugham regarding supplies furnished to state police by the railroad.
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Letter from H. Hawgood to F. A. Waters, February 9, 1904
Date
1904-02-09
Archival Collection
Description
Letter regarding right of way for Pioche railway branch.
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Coded telegram from E. E. Calvin to A. S. Halsted, August 14, 1922
Date
1922-08-14
Archival Collection
Description
Telegrams discuss the plan to get supplies into Las Vegas for the railroad. Correspondence between E.E. Calvin, W.H. Comstock, and A.S. Halsted.
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Photograph of Thomas Hisgen and a crowd on the train platform, Rhyolite (Nev.), 1908
Date
1908
Archival Collection
Description
Patron provided the following comment: Note that the depot is wood. This means they are likely at the Bullfrog Goldfield Railroad Depot. The other depot in Rhyolite (still standing) was made of rock and owned by the Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad.
Caption: Thomas Hisgen - Independent Party Candidate for President - at Rhyolite, Nevada, 1908
Caption: Thomas Hisgen - Independent Party Candidate for President - at Rhyolite, Nevada, 1908
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Letter from H. I. Bettis to J. Ross Clark, February 10, 1906
Date
1906-02-10
Archival Collection
Description
Letter regards the success of businesses in Las Vegas.
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Newspaper, Tonopah Bonanza, July 7, 1906
Date
1906-07-07
Description
Articles on Southern Pacific Railroad and conditions of Bullfrog and Goldfield mining districts
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