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Letter from E. E. Bennett to Leo A. McNamee (Las Vegas), November 24, 1952

Date
1952-11-24
Description

Discussion of the changes made to the purchase contract draft to protect railroad company water rights.

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Letter from M. S. Beal (Las Vegas) to Henry Thurtell (Carson City, Nevada), September 25, 1906

Date
1906-09-25
Description

Lawyer notifying the state engineer that Peter Buol had applied for some water from the Las Vegas Creek, which entire length and the springs were on land owned by the railroad on the basis that some of the water was wasted and therefore available.

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Coded telegram from W. H. Comstock to A. S. Halsted, August 15-16, 1922

Date
1922-08
Description
Coded telegram from W. H. Comstock to A. S. Halsted, August 15-16, 1922

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Warren A. Bechtel Album of Hoover Dam: photographic print

Date
1975-01-24
Description
Pg.6 #2339 Hoover Dam, looking upstream. Railroad at Elevation 720 shown at left. Aug. 22nd, 1933. Pg.6 #2345 Hoover Dam, looking upstream. Railroad at Elevation 720 shown at left. Aug. 31st, 1933.

Photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Wes Neeley, Las Vegas, 1940

Date
1940
Description
A black and white image of Wes Neeley and his wife. Mr. Neeley was general foreman of the Las Vegas Land and Water Company in 1940. Photograph was taken by G.L. Ullom. This photo was taken from a time capsule in the cornerstone of the Union Pacific Railroad station located in Las Vegas. The time capsule was placed there in 1940 and was later retrieved when the building was demolished around 1970.

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