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Keeler, Dorothy A., 1900-1976

Dorothy Keeler (1900-1976) served as the Chief Deputy County Clerk in Clark County, Nevada in the 1930s. In this position, she issued many marriage licenses to Hollywood celebrities and others who came to Las Vegas to get married. Born Dorothy Alice Vandewerkern in Otego, New York, she married Charles Keeler in Reno, Nevada in 1927. The couple relocated to Las Vegas where Charles Keeler worked for Frank Garside at the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The Keelers later moved to Washington, D.C.

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Keeler, Dorothy A., 1900-1976

Dorothy Keeler (1900-1976) served as the Chief Deputy County Clerk in Clark County, Nevada in the 1930s. In this position, she issued many marriage licenses to Hollywood celebrities and others who came to Las Vegas to get married. Born Dorothy Alice Vandewerkern in Otego, New York, she married Charles Keeler in Reno, Nevada in 1927. The couple relocated to Las Vegas where Charles Keeler worked for Frank Garside at the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The Keelers later moved to Washington, D.C.

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Pacific States Mining and Milling Company / Tonopah Kawich Mining and Milling Company correspondence and receipts

Date
1904 to 1925
Description
From the Charles S. Sprague and Benjamin Gill Papers on Nevada Mining (MS-00570).

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William Shockley's house in Pickhandle Gulch, image 001: photographic print

Date
1890 (year uncertain)
Description
William Shockley's home in Pickhandle Gulch, NV. Inscription with image reads: "Pickhandle Gulch, cul-de-sac, Candelaria. Shockley house (Mt. Diablo Supt.) 1890? Metallic-Equator on far side (right) of gulch; L-R: W.E. Norwood, H.H. Allen, Sidney Jones."

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