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Nixon, George Stuart, 1860-1912

George Stuart Nixon (1860-1912) was a United States Senator from Nevada during the early 1900s. Nixon was born on April 2, 1860 on a farm close to Newcastle, California. He received his early education from public schools within California and helped with the farm until the age of nineteen. Nixon eventually found work for a railroad company and decided to study telegraphy. Nixon moved to Nevada in 1881, working as a telegraph operator for the Carson and Colorado Railroad for three years.

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Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, United States Secretary of the Interior: photographic print

Date
1910 (year approximate) to 1945 (year approximate)
Description
From the Elizabeth Harrington Photograph Collection (PH-00291). Inscription with image reads: "Driving the silver spike. Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, Secretary of the Interior, drives the last spike into tracks of railroads spur to the damsite. To the right of Dr. Wilbur is Senator Key Pittman. Nest to Pittman is Nevada Governor Fred Balzar. Second back from Senator Pittman is Las Vegas Mayor Fred Hesse. To the left of Dr. Wilbur is Carl R. Coray, Union Pacific Railroad president." - E(lizabeth) Harrington.

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Film strip of individuals or Hoover Dam construction, image 013: photographic print

Date
1930 (year approximate) to 1939 (year approximate)
Description
This photograph has three images. The first one (0272_0093) is an upside-down picture that reads, "York, nice friend with a car. We would drive around and take some pictures." The second one (0272_0092) shows John Kizziar (left) and York (right). The third image (0272_0091) is a picture of John T. Kizziar.

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Film strip of individuals or Hoover Dam construction, image 002: photographic print

Date
1930 (year approximate) to 1939 (year approximate)
Description
This photograph has three images. The first one (0272_0017) rotated to the left reads, "High mixing plant (blending and mixing plant," as a handwritten inscription. The second one (0272_0018) reads "Shay engine used at mixing plant. Instead of pistons or drivers, wheels are turned by screws; screw driven," as a handwritten inscription. The third one (0272_0019) is a picture of two people, and it reads, "York and Georgia at screening plant,"on the back.

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March, Debra, 1953-

Debra March was born November 25, 1953 in Detroit, Michigan. She is one of eight siblings, all of whom attended Catholic school as children and eventually went on to professional careers. March’s father worked for the city of Detroit, then moved to Las Vegas, Nevada and was hired by the Clark County School District. March came to Las Vegas for the first time in 1973. Though she left for a couple of years, she eventually settled there and attended the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV), earning an undergraduate degree in anthropology and biology.

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