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Hand-drawn map of the Mormon Fort and Las Vegas Valley from a letter by John Steele to Brigham Young, circa 1855

Date
1850 to 1859
Description
Hand-drawn map showing area around the Mormon Fort in Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1855. Handwritten in lower right: 'To President George A. Smith. This is drawn not according to any particular rule being my first attempt at drawing but it may serve to give you an idea of the Las Vegas. John Steele.' Copy print of material in LDS Archives. Scale not given..

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Map of a portion of southern California and southwestern Nevada embracing the arid region of Mojave & Colorado Deserts including Death Valley, circa 1937

Date
1937 (year approximate)
Description
79 x 52 cm. Panel title: Road map of the Mojave and Colorado Deserts including Death Valley National Monument. Index on verso. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. In lower right-hand corner: Burke Douglas Pflum. "3712."--Lower left-hand corner of copy 1. "C13247."--Lower left-hand corner of copy 2. "1379."--Lower right-hand corner. Originally folded to 28 x 11 cm. On verso: Map showing roads and points of interest in Death Valley and vicinity. Original publisher: The Club.

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Topographic map of Arrow Canyon dam and reservoir site on the Muddy River, 1934

Date
1934
Description
'Topography by Lee Morrison. Control by U.S. Geological Survey and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Surveyed in 1934.' Relief shown by contours and spot heights. 'Arrowhead Canyon Dam and reservoir site' hand-written on map. Map is part of a larger map and has been taped to a manila envelope sent from the Agricultural Administration to J.H. Wittwer on Sept. 25, 1939. Map has hand-drawn township and range lines and handwritten numbers. Verso has a hand-drawn map, calculations, and hand-written notes. U.S. Geological Survey

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Map of a portion of southern California and southwestern Nevada embracing the arid region of Mojave & Colorado Deserts including Death Valley, circa 1936

Date
1934 to 1938
Description
78 x 52 cm. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Panel title: Road map of the Mojave and Colorado Deserts including Death Valley National Monument. In lower right-hand corner: 1379. In lower left-hand corner: Burke-Douglas. Indexes on verso to cities, towns, stations, junctions, resorts and natural features. On verso: Map showing roads and points of interest in Death Valley & vicinity. Originally folded to 27 x 11 cm. Original publisher: The Club.

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Map of water pipelines owned by or to be sold to the Las Vegas Valley Water District, March 1, 1953

Date
1953-03-01
Description
Map shows portions of pipelines to be sold to the Las Vegas Valley Water District, pipelines connected to those to be sold to the District that will be retained by the railroad companies, and privately-owned pipelines connecting to those to be sold to the District. 'Exhibit D.' 'March 1, 1953.' 'I-128.' Las Vegas Land and Water Company?

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Map of general plan for the Wells Siding Project in Logandale, Nevada, May 15, 1935

Date
1935-05-15
Description
'U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Camp P.E. 206.' 'By C.C.C. Company, 538. Drawn by Ed Overton. Approved ... 5-15-35.Traced by Ed Overton.'

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Map of proposed flood control project on the Virgin River in Clark County, Nevada, March, 1934

Date
1934-03
Description
'Map no. 7 to accompany report on flood control survey. Made by Graham S. Quate. March 1934. Drawn by T.K.' Scale [ca. 1:15, 600. 1 in.=approx. 1,300 feet]. Relief shown by hachures. North oriented to upper right corner. Library's copy has hand-drawn map and notes in pencil on verso.

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Diagrammatic drawing showing wells, springs, reservoir and settling basins, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 1942

Date
1942-06
Description
Hand-drawn in pencil on tracing cloth. "June 1942." Also shows pipelines and power lines. Includes a hand-written table showing the number of the well or spring, casing size, depth, capacity in gallons per day, and whether it is pump or artesian. "3-18-41"--Written in black grease pencil in lower right corner of map.

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