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Letter from R. L. Adamson (Los Angeles) to F. H. Knickerbocker, August 16, 1929
Date
1929-08-16
Description
Summary of the lands purchased from the Stewart family by the Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company.
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Photograph of surveyors, Manvel (Calif.), early 1900s
Date
1905 to 1910
Description
Surveyors on the railroad in the Manvel (now Barnwell), California area. L-R: Charles Whittemore, Judge Davis, and the person on far right is unidentified. They were surveying in preparation for the building of the San Pedro, Los Angeles, and Salt Lake Railroad, circa 1905
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Photograph of flood waters and damage in Stine, Nevada, 1905
Date
1905
Description
View of damage to the railroad tracks.
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Photograph of a man on a horse in a the Fremont Hotel bar, Las Vegas, circa 1950s
Date
1950 to 1959
Description
A man on a horse in the Fremont Hotel bar during Helldorado Days in the 1950s.
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Newspaper article, Pioneer worked Union Pacific for life, Las Vegas Review-Journal, September 23, 1973
Date
1973-09-23
Description
Newspaper article about Orien Stevens who worked on railroad for 48 years, from 1925 to 1973. The article discusses his retirement, positions he was able to hold, and work environment.
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Letter from E. E. Calvin (Omaha) to F. H. Knickerbocker (Los Angeles), January 21, 1926
Date
1926-03-09
Description
Directions to have the Las Vegas Ranch contour mapped in order to figure out the most efficient irrigation scheme.
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Photograph of workers and a train, Searchlight (Nev.), 1902-1906
Date
1902 to 1906
Description
Men from Quartette Mining Company stand in front of locomotive. This photograph came with the description, "This narrow gauge railroad ran from the Quartette Mine in Searchlight to the mill located near the present Cottonwood Cove Resort. At that time there was not enough water available in Searchlight for a mill of this size. The train hauled ore down from the mine and brought supplies and passengers up from the river streamers that regularly came into the Cottonwood Landing. When more water was located in Searchlight the mill was moved there and the railroad abandoned in 1906. The rails and equipment were sold and moved to the Yellow Pine Mine in Goodsprings, Nev. in 1910. Middlebrook Collection."
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Photograph of Columbia Junction, Round Mountain, Nevada, circa early 1900s
Date
1900 to 1939
Description
A mine and railroad tracks near Columbia Junction at Round Mountain, Nevada.
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Photograph of Thomas Hisgen and a crowd on the train platform, Rhyolite (Nev.), 1908
Date
1908
Description
Patron provided the following comment: Note that the depot is wood. This means they are likely at the Bullfrog Goldfield Railroad Depot. The other depot in Rhyolite (still standing) was made of rock and owned by the Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad.
Caption: Thomas Hisgen - Independent Party Candidate for President - at Rhyolite, Nevada, 1908
Caption: Thomas Hisgen - Independent Party Candidate for President - at Rhyolite, Nevada, 1908
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Rhyolite Ghost Casino: photographic print
Date
1939 (year approximate)
Description
Rhyolite Ghost Casino in the old railroad depot, owned by Otto Wesmoreland was owner, circa 1939.
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