Photocopies of reports about the Tule Springs excavations in the 1950s and the 1960s. The 1950s report was created by the Southwest Museum in Los Angeles, California and written by Mark Raymond Harrington and Ruth DeEtte Simpson. The Nevada State Museum created the report from the 1960s. Both reports appear incomplete. What is included in both reports within this folder are the Introduction sections which gives the names of all the people involved from both digs and explanations about how the excavations came to existence. Also included are some pages that have photographic images and diagrams from the digs, an Acknowledgement section from the Southwest Museum report, as well as a Masthead for the museum.
Foldout postcard booklet titled "Indians of the Southwest." Verso title: "Greetings from the Indian country of the great Southwest." Foldout postcard booklet with 18 illustrations depicting the various tribes of the American southwest. Includes a text titled "Indians of the Southwest" with a brief description of the Native American Indian tribes in pueblos in New Mexico and Arizona. "Distributed by Southwest Post Card Co., Albuquerque, N.M. Genuine Curteich-Chicago 'C.T. Art-Colortone' Creation. D-5076." Postmark on cover is November 20, 1948.
Las Vegas Mayor E. W. Cragin asked that the Las Vegas Land and Water Company extend pipelines for fire protection down the Strip. Bennett had the opinion that the company could not be legally compelled to do it, and the newly formed water district was a more logical source of water.
While offering anecdotes on Southwest Gas Company’s early years—including its flirtation with a nuclear bomb and owning a casino; its purchase of a Kingman, Arizona, ranch with an underground salt dome, and its involvement with the formation of Boyd Gaming—this oral history also reveals Bill Jr.’s role in applying his knowledge of natural gas infrastructure to promote extensive education about building codes, infrastructure, and engineered systems. In particular, Bill discusses EduCode, the internationally recognized, week-long building code institute held annually in Las Vegas that originally began more than twenty-five years ago and has since attracted worldwide participation. While Bill does not teach at the institute, he has helped organize the course since its inception and has been a consistent supporter.