The Gem Bar and Rioville Ferry Ledgers consist of of three ledgers, two of which date from 1911 to 1913 for The Gem, owned and operated by John Wesley Horden. The bar was built in 1905, and located on Block 16 in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada. The third ledger is of unknown origin, and is a record book of travellers crossing the Colorado River using the Rioville, Nevada ferry. Rioville, Nevada (first known as Junction City) was a settlement founded by Latter-day Saints in what they thought was Utah Territory in 1869, now under Lake Mead and within Clark County, Nevada.
The Gem Bar and Rioville Ferry Ledgers consist of of three ledgers, two of which date from 1911 to 1913 for The Gem, owned and operated by John Wesley Horden. The bar was built in 1905, and located on Block 16 in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada. The third ledger is of unknown origin, and is a record book of travellers crossing the Colorado River using the Rioville, Nevada ferry. Rioville, Nevada (first known as Junction City) was a settlement founded by Latter-day Saints in what they thought was Utah Territory in 1869, now under Lake Mead and within Clark County, Nevada. This collection was formerly known as the Gem Bar and Casino Records.
Collection is open for research.
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Material remains in original order.
The Gem Bar and Rioville Ferry Ledgers, 1897-1913. MS-00530. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/f17s4q
Material was donated by Kathleen Horden Gordon in 1999. Material was accessioned in 2007 by staff; accession number 2007-012.
Collection was processed in 2017 by Joyce Moore. In 2024, Sarah Jones revised the collection title, rehoused the material, and added donor information to the finding aid.