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Photograph of a group of people in and around swimming pool at Ladd's Resort, Las Vegas, circa 1910

Date
1910 (year approximate)
Description

Group of people, primarily children posing near the swimming pool at Ladd's Resort, the Las Vegas Ranch.

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Letter from J. T. McWilliams (Good Springs, Nevada) to J. Ross Clark (Los Angeles), February 1, 1903

Date
1903-02-01
Description

McWilliams' handwritten letter in which he explains that the discrepancy in water measurements of the Las Vegas Creek stem from differences in what the surveyors refer to as a miner's inch. Colonel Moore's reply, mentioned in the letter is referenced below.

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Letter from E. E. Bennett (Los Angeles) to Walter Bracken (Las Vegas), December 19, 1939

Date
1939-12-19
Description

Letter from the Union Pacific Railroad Co. lawyer recommending that the company not provide a settlement with the Stewart family, but to move forward with supplying water.

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Letter from Mr. Wood (Las Vegas) to Walter R. Bracken, February 13, 1926

Date
1927-03-03
Description

Suggestions of a few minor changes that would allow the Las Vegas Ranch to become profitable in a few years time, as it has the essential fundamentals.

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Leo A. McNamee (Las Vegas), November 2, 1939

Date
1939-11-02
Description

Letter accompanying application for the Las Vegas Land and Water Co. to have permission to use the new well on the Las Vegas Ranch. The unsigned application is referenced below.

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Letter from Leo A. McNamee to Alfred Merritt Smith (Carson City), November 6, 1939

Date
1939-11-06
Description

Letter to the state engineer accompanying the application to allow the Las Vegas Land and Water co. access to water on the Las Vegas Ranch. The unsigned application is referenced below.

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Will Wittwer (Las Vegas), September 8, 1939

Date
1939-09-08
Description

Letter informing Wittwer that he was responsible for laying pipe to direct the new water from the new well.

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Frank Strong (Los Angeles), April 10, 1945

Date
1945-04-10
Description

The Las Vegas Land and Water Company found it necessary to lock up the spring on the Las Vegas Ranch to secure it from squatters on the property.

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Letter from J. M. Murphy (Las Vegas) to Frank Strong (Los Angeles), February 18, 1948

Date
1948-02-18
Description

The Las Vegas City Manager informs Union Pacific Railroad that it would no longer be providing the one million gallons of effluent to the Las Vegas Ranch for use in irrigation.

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Letter from William McDermott (Las Vegas) to C. O. Whittemore (Salt Lake City), November 29, 1902

Date
1902-11-29
Description

Discussion of the survey of the Las Vegas Ranch in relation to the Las Vegas Creek.

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