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Letter from E. E. Calvin (Omaha) to F. H. Knickerbocker (Los Angeles), January 21, 1926
Directions to have the Las Vegas Ranch contour mapped in order to figure out the most efficient irrigation scheme.
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Photograph album 2, Ferron-Bracken Collection, circa 1905-1935, page 89
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Lake-Eglington Family Photograph Collection
The Lake-Eglington Family Photograph Collection contains photographs of the Lake-Eglington Family in and around Las Vegas, Nevada from 1900 to 1976. The materials include photographs of early Las Vegas resident Olive Lake-Eglington and her family shortly after they moved to Las Vegas in 1904, as well as her eventual husband Earle Eglington after he moved to Las Vegas in 1911. The materials also include photographs of Native American artifacts, schools in Clark County, Nevada, artesian wells, the Hoover (Boulder) Dam, the Colorado River, Mt. Charleston, the Mormon Fort, the Stewart (Kiel) Ranch, the Las Vegas Ranch, and many early residents of Las Vegas.
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Letter from Leo A. McNamee (Las Vegas) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), August 23, 1939
Letter accompanying the agreements with the Las Vegas Land and Water Company and the drilling company.
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Letter from Leo A. McNamee (Las Vegas) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), November 1, 1939
Letter explaining the application to appropriate public waters. The unsigned application and well log are referenced below.
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