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Pheasants raised for hunting at Hidden Hills Ranch: photographic print

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Date
1950 to 1959
Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series IV. Pahrump, Nevada -- Subseries IV.D. Wiley Family. During the early 1950s, Roland Wiley raised pheasants on his Hidden Hills Ranch, Pahrump Valley, Nevada. The birds were turned loose on the property in large numbers and hunted by guests from hotels In Las Vegas and other areas. Wiley's economic venture in raising pheasants for hunting, however, was not successful. 

Digital ID
pho005276
Physical Identifier
0221_0444
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    pho005276. 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/d1r788t5m

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