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Beatty, Nevada, 1904-1989

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Scope and Contents

Materials contain photographs of families and ranches around Beatty, Nevada from 1904 to 1989. Materials include photographs of the Brockman, Lisle, Revert, Crowell, Lemmon, Palsgrove, and Reidhead families, documenting activities such as events on Main Street, construction of several buildings, protests against the Nevada Test Site, animal husbandry, railroad transportation (especially by the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad), education, and mining and milling.

Archival Collection
Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00221
Collection Name: Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection
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Letter from E. E. Cunningham (Los Angeles) to W. R. Armstrong (Las Vegas), November 14, 1930

Date
1930-11-14
Description

Letter regarding two plans for providing water service to industrial properties along Main Street in Las Vegas. The letter mentions installation of a pipeline along the southern border of the railroad property and the installation of a lateral line by the Las Vegas Land and Water Company within the city limits . Letter was accompanied by two maps referenced below,

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Postcard of Mohawk Mine, Goldfield (Nev.), 1905

Date
1905
Description
Original color postcard featuring the Mohawk Mine, Goldfield , Nev. 1905. The Mohawk was known as "One of the richest pieces of ground in Nevada. If not the World." Production exceeded $8,000,000 before the mine became part of the Goldfield Consolidated Mining Company in late 1906.

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