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Report on Moapa Flood, August 11, 1941
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Archival Collection
Description
Report of the damage caused by a flood in August 11, 1941.
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Mounted photograph of Peter Buol next to his artesian well in the Las Vegas Valley, 1914
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Peter Buol, first mayor of Las Vegas, and two other men next to a drilling rig and a flowing artesian well. Photograph was mounted on cardboard.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from cardboard mount: "Peter Boul (sic) was 1st Mayor of Las Vegas; Died 1964; Boul (sic) came to Pahrump Valley in 1904 to take over Yount Manse; Buol Well - 1914."
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Photograph of a congressional delegation visiting the Hoover Dam site, March 13, 1923
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Archival Collection
Description
Congressional delegation visiting the Hoover Dam site. Photo sleeve includes information from responses to Las Vegas Review-Journal newspaper "Help Us Write History" requesting photograph identification. Identified individuals: James Scrugham (1st man on the left) was Governor of Nevada at the time, but more names than actual people in the photograph are listed, so all potentially identified names have been included. Governor James G. Scrugham hosting a delegation from the United States Congress, visiting the site of the proposed Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam) in 1923. The photo sleeve includes information from responses to Las Vegas Review-Journal newspaper "Help Us Write History" requesting photograph identification. Names were identified from a photo from James Scrugham's collection that was identified by him. The photo was published in the book Jones, Florence Lee and Cahlan, John F. "Water: a history of Las Vegas" Las Vegas [Nev.]: Las Vegas Valley Water District, 1975. UNLV Book
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Postcard showing the Evey Well, circa 1908-1909
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Archival Collection
Description
Men standing next to a drilling rig looking at the Evey Well.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from handwritten text on back of postcard: "Mr. Squires, you can make a [?] of this if you choose. Yours Truly, [?] Brown, The Evey Spout"
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Photograph of a gushing artesian well in the Las Vegas Valley, circa early 1900's
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Archival Collection
Description
Gushing artesian well, the source of Las Vegas' water supply
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from back of photo: "Artesian well, source of Las Vegas water supply flows more than 3,500,000 gallons per day."
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