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The Wheel of Rotary Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, May 4, 1950

Date

1950-05-04

Archival Collection

Description

Newsletter issued by the Las Vegas Rotary Club

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The Wheel of Rotary Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, May 25, 1950

Date

1950-05-25

Archival Collection

Description

Newsletter issued by the Las Vegas Rotary Club

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The Wheel of Rotary Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, August 4, 1949

Date

1949-08-04

Archival Collection

Description

Newsletter issued by the Las Vegas Rotary Club

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Photograph of Mack and Will Foster, Goldfield (Nev.), early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Mack and Will Foster, uncles of George Byron Foster. Handwritten description provided on a separate piece of paper: "Figures identified in reverse. Should be Mack and Will. Lived at Berlin not far from my home in Tonopah. Brothers very close all their lives. Lived into their 80s. Died within months of each other. Mack the eldest. Both small men. When Mack was in his late sixties or early seventies he went to visit Toxine's (sp?), a house of prostitution, when Tonopah still had a red light district, ca 1952. Mack carried brass knuckles and a sawed off revolver. He was a rough character. Died about 1962. Both miners. Had brother, George, and a sister." Also hand written: (Photographer *A Allen ___*, Goldfield, Nev.)

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Aerial photograph of C. P. Squires Elementary School, North Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1960s-1970s

Date

1960 to 1979

Description

Aerial view of C. P. Squires Elementary School, North Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1960s-1970s. The school is located near the intersection of Tonopah Avenue and McDonald Street.

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Butler, Jim, 1855-1923

struck first gold in Tonopah, Nev. (according to most sources)

Person

Foster, Josephine Gail, 1912-2003

Josephine Gail Johnson was born in Goldfield, Nevada in 1912. Her stepfather, Sam Manor, was a section foreman for the Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad. Because of his position, the family moved to a company house in the town of Millers after the birth of Josephine's younger brother Sam, Jr. in 1920. Josephine and her family evenutually moved to Tonopah. Josephine later married George Byron Foster, and they had two children: Marjorie and Patricia. Josephine Foster passed away March 24, 2003.

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The Wheel of Rotary Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, March 30, 1950

Date

1950-03-30

Archival Collection

Description

Newsletter issued by the Las Vegas Rotary Club

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