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Melon irrigation system: photographic print

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Date
1967
Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series IV. Pahrump, Nevada -- Subseries IV.D. Wiley Family. In 1967, 15 acres of Roland Wiley's land holdings on the California side of the Pahrump Valley were planted in melons. The melons, which thrived on the irrigated land, were sold in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Wiley was paid on the basis that the grower made $1,000 an acre from the crop. Part of the irrigation system and the crop from that enterprise are shown. 

Digital ID
pho005067
Physical Identifier
0221_0431
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1dz0662c
Details
Subject
Sprinkler irrigation
Agriculture
Mountains
Time Period
1960s (1960 - 1969)
Place
Pahrump Valley
Resource Type
Image
Material Type
photographs
photographic prints
Source
Melon irrigation system, 1967
Citation

pho005067. Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection, 1880-1990. PH-00221. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1dz0662c

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Digital Provenance
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Publisher
University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries
Format
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