Foremaster, LaMar, 1907-2000

Joseph LaMar Foremaster (1907-2000) a well-known businessman in Las Vegas, Nevada, was influential in the growth and development of the city. In 1923 the Foremaster family moved to Las Vegas from Alamo, Nevada to take over the lease at the “Old Ranch” (also known as the Doolittle Ranch and Stewart Ranch) from the Doolittle family, who previously leased the land from the Union Pacific Railroad through representative Walter Bracken in approximately 1918. From approximately 1923 to 1931, Joseph LaMar's father, Joseph Frederick Foremaster, and his sons ran the daily operations of the then-named Las Vegas Dairy. In the mid-1930s Anderson Dairy took ownership of the dairy, and eventually Joseph LaMar Foremaster became the manager and superintendent of Anderson Dairy. Joseph LaMar Foremaster died May 11, 2000.

Sources:

Alice Doolittle Interview, 1977 March 21. OH-00418. Transcript. Oral History Research Center, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. Accessed December 18, 2019.

LaMar Foremaster Interview, 1979 February 14. OH-00602. Transcript. Oral History Research Center, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. Accessed December 18, 2019.

Taylor, F. Andrew. “Downtown streets reflect Anderson Dairy history,” Las Vegas Review-Journal, May 1, 2014. NewsBank: Access World News – Historical and Current. Accessed December 19, 2019. https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/14D8844484B16