The Merle Frehner Map of St. Thomas, Nevada (1981) consists of a hand-drawn map by Frehner of St. Thomas, Nevada who lived there from 1914 to 1932. The town was abandoned in 1933 due to the construction of Hoover Dam and is now beneath the waters of Lake Mead. Also included are instructions to the Geography 135 class at University of Nevada, Las Vegas to reproduce the map, which became a student project.
The Merle Frehner Map of St. Thomas, Nevada (1981) consists of a hand-drawn map by Frehner who lived in St. Thomas, Nevada from 1904 to 1932. The town was abandoned in 1933 due to the construction of Hoover Dam and is now beneath the waters of Lake Mead. Also included are instructions to the Geography 135 class at University of Nevada, Las Vegas to reproduce the map, which became a student project.
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Material remains in original order.
Former St. Thomas, Nevada resident Merle Frehner was born in Littlefield, Arizona on July 20, 1905. He and his family were residents of St. Thomas, Nevada when it was purchased by the U. S. Federal Government in the early 1930s to make way for Lake Mead, which submerged the town. The Frehner's left in 1933 and moved to Las Vegas, Nevada where he was a Marine store retailer. Merle Frehner passed away in Las Vegas on January 10, 1994 at the age of 88.
Source:
"Merle Frehner," genealogy record, accessed July 24, 2018, https://www.geni.com/people/Merle-Frehner-1905-1994/6000000034891552847
Merle Frehner Map of St. Thomas, Nevada, 1981. MS-00047. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
Accession numbers 1985-03, Mss x26.
In 2018, as part of an archival backlog elimination project, Joyce Moore wrote the finding aid and entered the data into ArchivesSpace.
Administrative Information
The photographs in this acquisition were removed from the collection and placed in Merle and Beulah Frehner Photograph Collection, 1905-1955. PH-00026. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.