Search Results
Photograph of Cottonwood Aerial Ferry, 1930-1935
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Cottonwood Aerial Ferry carried customers between Searchlight, Nevada and Chloride, Arizona. It is now under Lake Mohave. Sign with ferry rates: Car $2.00, Truck $2.50, Motorcycle $1.00, Horseman .50, Stock .50, Pedestrian .25
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Cottonwood Aerial Ferry, from about 1930-1935. This was the last and the most unusual of several ferries that crossed at Cottonwood between Searchlight, Nev. and Chloride, Ariz., these being the two major towns in the area before 1920. Most were conventional barge types similar to the Arivada Ferry shown in another picture. The aerial ferry was powered by an automobile engine mounted on the upper framework, with the operator up with the engine. It was located at the mouth of Painted Canyon, a short distance upriver from the Cottonwood Cove Resort. Courtesy Ella Kay."
Image
Dieleman, Ruth Myrtle, 1908-2004
Ruth Dieleman was born in 1908 in Searchlight, Nevada and worked as a teacher.
Person
Hotel Nipton. Nipton, (Calif.), circa 1930: photographic print
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Bell Family Scrapbook scanning, Set 4, proofed 11.04.2010. Hotel Nipton. Nipton, California. (1930s) The rock garden was made by "Big John" Silvera from Searchlight Nevada. He was deputy sheriff and did rock work
Image
Lee Tilman oral history interviews
Identifier
Abstract
Oral history interviews with Lee Tilman conducted by Dennis McBride on February 06, 11, 13, 17, and 22; May 28; and July 09, 1996 for the Boulder City Library Oral History Project. In the interviews, Tilman discusses his birth in Gooding, Idaho in 1913, his early life, and his arrival to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1931. Tilman then talks about his experiences mining, milling, and ranching before moving to Las Vegas. While in Las Vegas, Tilman was involved with construction of Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam) and labor issues. Later, Tilman describes fishing and boating in the Colorado River, working at a duplex mine in Searchlight, Nevada, and working at the Las Vegas Ice House. Lastly, Tilman talks about influential Boulder City residents he knew, his children, and the Stratosphere Hotel and Casino.
Archival Collection
Transcript of interview with Gertrude Anne Moore by Mamie Beuttner, February 21, 1975
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Text
Photograph album, approximately 1900 to 1910
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: George Mortimer Photograph Album of Searchlight, Nevada
Box/Folder: Box 01
Archival Component
Group of people posed in front of the Hotel Nipton: photographic print
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Bell Family Scrapbook scanning, Set 4, proofed 11.04.2010 Unidentified group of people posed in front of the Hotel Nipton. The rock garden was made by "Big John" Silvera from Searchlight Nevada. He was deputy sheriff and did rock work
Image
Official Act of Incorporation signed by William Douglass, Secretary of State of Nevada, 1908 January 14
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Searchlight, Nevada City Council Meeting Minutes and Articles of Incorporation
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 01
Archival Component
UNLV Public Lands Institute Records
Identifier
Abstract
The UNLV Public Lands Institute Records (approximately 1946-2017) primarily contain records from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas's Public Land Institute's (PLI) which is focused on providing knowledge and research expertise in the areas of environmental education and interpretation related to public lands management. The materials include records from the PLI's inaugural founder, Dr. Margaret N. "Peg" Rees, then the Associate Vice President for Research and Outreach at UNLV. Materials document the founding and work of the PLI and also include papers from Rex Bell, Jr. associated with the Walking Box Ranch which is co-owned by UNLV and the Bureau of Land Management. The collection also includes videos of Rex Bell, Jr. discussing donation of Walking Box Ranch materials to the PLI.
Archival Collection