Joan Stuart is the wife of Robert Stuart and the last private owner of the Kane Springs Ranch in Moapa County, Nevada. She sold the land to the Bureau of Land Management in 2003. She also donated the collection of records and documents regarding the history of the ranch in 2009 to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Special Collections and Archives.
Source:
Kane Springs Ranch, Meadow Valley Wash, Nevada Records, 1930-2005. MS-00553. Special
Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.