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Letter from A. S. Halsted (Los Angeles) to Mr. Knickerbocker regarding surface and underground water rights, June 11, 1924
Halstead believed that if a new well was dug, the railroad and the water company must make sure that all the water from it was appropriated.
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Letter from F. H. Knickerbocker (Los Angeles) to W. R. Armstrong, August 18, 1928
Knickerbocker (Union Pacific Railroad) approved of providing Earl with a limited amount of water for an emergency situation.
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Letter from E. E. Bennett (Los Angeles) to F. H. Knickerbocker (Los Angeles), August 5, 1935
By virtue of having used it for decades, the Las Vegas Land and Water Company acquired the right to the water it used on the Las Vegas Ranch, independent of any deed.
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Letter from F. H. Knickerbocker to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), March 6, 1929
Knickerbocker was asking Bracken to investigate the Winterwood property as the president of the Railroad company was interested in properties that they had not yet managed to acquire.
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Letter from R. L. Adamson (Los Angeles) to F. H. Knickerbocker, August 16, 1929
Summary of the lands purchased from the Stewart family by the Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company.
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Photograph of flood waters and damage in Stine, Nevada, 1905
View of damage to the railroad tracks.
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Letter from E. E. Calvin (Omaha) to F. H. Knickerbocker (Los Angeles), January 21, 1926
Directions to have the Las Vegas Ranch contour mapped in order to figure out the most efficient irrigation scheme.
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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
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
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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Letter from R. L. Adamson (Los Angeles) to F. H. Knickerbocker, September 10, 1928
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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