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Semiannual report of the Moapa Soil Conservation District, from June 30, 1940 - January 1, 1941
Summary of the work of the Moapa Soil Conservation Service for the last half of 1940.
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Report, Civilian Conservation Corps work on the flood menace in Southern Nevada, after 1935
Summary of the flood control work performed by the Civilian Conservation Corp in the Moapa Valley
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The water resources of the Las Vegas Valley: a brief survey, March 27, 1931
Overview of the water resources in the Las Vegas Valley, includes maps
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Photograph of Hemenway Wash and Colorado River from Highway 93, Clark County, circa 1929
Looking east through Hemenway Wash towards the Colorado River from the newly constructed Highway 93.
Transcribed Notes: Handwritten inscription on back: Looking thru Hemenway wash to river from new hi-way to day site
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Black-and-white photograph of two woman near springs in Las Vegas, circa 1912
Two unidentified women standing next to the big Las Vegas Spring.
Transcribed Notes: Handwritten inscription on back: At Big Springs in Vegas - 1912?
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Photograph of bridge over Vegas Creek, Las Vegas, circa 1900
Photograph of bridge over Las Vegas Creek south of the Old Mormon Fort.
Transcribed Notes: Printed on front: Vegas Creek and the old Bridge, Las Vegas Nevada, Oasis Confectionery Photo; Handwritten inscription on back: s. of Old Ranch - cross to school - 2nd & Lewis
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Postcard showing burros on the Stewart Ranch, before 1903
A herd of wild burros drinking from the Las Vegas Creek on the Stewart Ranch
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from front of postcard: "Burros: Stewart Ranch, Las Vegas, Nev." Transcribed from back of postcard: "W.P. Alter, Le Roy, Illinois."
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Postcard showing Eglington Well, circa 1915
Well dug by Peter Buol on the Eglington Ranch.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from back of postcard: "Eglington Well - NE 1/4 NE 1/4 - S 24-20 (J)-60(R), [?], 232 fr deep flows 800 galls per minute. Peter Buol. 5[4] miles N West Las Vegas, Nevada."
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Photograph of artesian well, Eglington Ranch, Nevada, 1912
A young boy standing next to an artesian well on Eglington Ranch.
Transcribed Notes: Handwritten inscription on back: well at Eglington ranch in Las Vegas, c 1912, one of Dara's boys
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Photograph of artesian well on Eglington Ranch, Nevada, 1912
Spouting artesian well on the Eglington Ranch.
Transcribed Notes: Handwritten inscription on back: Eglington Well - Las Vegas
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