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Letter from Calvin M. Cory (Las Vegas) to Edward C. Renwick, December 20, 1952
Cory expresses the legal opinion that in an artesian basin, if you have a water right then the point of diversion makes no difference.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken to C. O. Whittemore (Los Angeles), January 17, 1908
Letter to the president of the Las Vegas Land and Water Company complaining of the railroad pumping oil from a sump into Las Vegas Creek.
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Photograph of Pacific Coast Borax Mill, Death Valley Junction (Calif.), 1928
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Lawrence Nelson oral history interview
Oral history interview with Lawrence Nelson conducted by John Turner on February 22, 1977 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Nelson discusses the history of early Las Vegas, Nevada. He talks about the Old Mormon Fort, the importance of railroads in Las Vegas, and the construction of the Boulder (Hoover) Dam.
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Letter from F. R. McNamee (Los Angeles) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), August 27, 1913
McNamee asking for information regarding the Buol well and discussing the possibility of the Las Vegas Land and Water Co. buying land in the vicinity of the Las Vegas Springs to protect their water rights and prevent litigation.
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