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B. J. Lund & Co. Account Ledgers

Identifier
MS-00893
Abstract

The B. J. Lund & Co. Account Ledgers contain account ledgers from B. J. Lund & Co. from 1907 to 1927. B. J. Lund & Co. operated out of Modena, Utah and serviced both Utah and Nevada residents. The account ledgers document items bought at B. J. Lund & Co's general store in Modena, Utah.

Archival Collection

Slide of Arden Plaster Mill, Arden, Nevada, 1911

Date
1911
Description
Black and white image of the Arden Plaster Mill. Arden Plaster railroad and ore cars are visible in the background.

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Map of Las Vegas Rancho, Lincoln County, Nevada, September 15, 1904

Date
1904-09-15
Description
'Being part of Township 20 S. R.61 E. MT. D. B.&.M, containing 1864.49 acres. Division engineer's office at the front, AMB, September 15th, 1904. A.L. Jones, Division Engineer. Surveyed by W.G. Watson, Assistant Engineer. Dwg. 30296.' Includes traverse table. Shows land owned by the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad, its right of way and the right of way for the Las Vegas & Tonopah Railroad, land owned by the Las Vegas Land & Water Company including Clark's Las Vegas Townsite with the Bucks Addition and the Wardie Addition, and parcels sold from the Las Vegas Land & Water Company land. Scale: [1:9,600]. 1 in. to 800 feet. Library's copies 1 and 4 have land owned by the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad hand-colored in pink and the rest of the Las Vegas Rancho not owned by the Las Vegas Land & Water Company hand-colored in green. Library's copy 2 has buildings of the Stewart Ranch drawn in and labeled in pencil. Library's copy 3 has addition and subtraction problems in pencil on the verso. Library's copy 4 has "Original purchase--1864.49 acres R.R.C. + L.V.L. + W. Co.--In colors." written in pencil on the verso followed by "(1904)" in red pencil. Library's copy 4 also has label on verson made of brown paper with "No 5 Las Vegas Ranch being part township ( 1904)" typed on it.

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Extract of minutes of special meeting of board of directors of Las Vegas Land and Water Company, held June 29, 1953

Date
1953-06-19
Description

Extract of meeting notes where the water company board approved of its sale to the water district. Document has embossed seal of Las Vegas Land and Water Company at the bottom.

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Letter from F. R. McNamee (Los Angeles) to Leo [McNamee], May 22, 1924

Date
1924-06-05
Description

McNamee states that although the Union Pacific Railroad owns the land that the springs are on and all the land it historically watered, to further protect their water right they should apply for the right to appropriate the water.

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Ray Tutaj Jr. and Harv Kahn Photographs

Identifier
PH-00456
Abstract

The Ray Tutaj Jr. and Harv Kahn Photographs (approximately 1990-2009) contain photographs and videos taken by Ray Tutaj Jr. and Harv Kahn of the Union Pacific Railroad and trains throughout Las Vegas, Nevada and the southwest region. Tutaj and Kahn were friends who were railroad enthusiasts and hobbyist photographers. Materials include photographic negatives and prints as well as digitized photographs.

Archival Collection

Photograph of dormitory construction, Boulder City (Nev.), circa 1933

Date
1932 to 1934
Description
Dormitory building in construction for workers; railroad ties in foreground.

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Letter from J. G. Scrugham to F. R. McNamee, March 2, 1923

Date
1923-03-02
Description
Letter from J. G. Scrugham to F. R. McNamee, March 2, 1923

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Letter from R. L. Adamson (Los Angeles) to F. H. Knickerbocker, September 10, 1928

Date
1929-03-06
Description

Summary of the amount of water used by the railroad, the water company, and for irrigation on the Las Vegas Ranch in 1928 for use in calculating water rates.

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Letter from Frank Strong (Los Angeles) to G. F. Ashby, January 2, 1945

Date
1945-01-02
Description

Notice of the opinion of Union Pacific Railroad attorney that it is possible to sell the Las Vegas Ranch while keeping the water rights associated with it.

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