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Photograph of parade celebrating Goldfield extension of Tonopah Railroad, Tonopah (Nev.), circa 1905

Date
1904 to 1906
Description
Photograph of parade celebrating Goldfield extension of Tonopah Railroad, Tonopah (Nev.), circa 1905

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken to C. O. Whittemore, January 17, 1908

Date
1908-01-17
Description
Letter concerns railroad oil pumping run-off into Las Vegas Creek affecting Bracken's crops.

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Letter from C. A. Earle Rinker to his family, October 25, 1906

Date
1906-10-25
Description
Letter home from Earle. He arrived in Goldfield. The letter touches upon his trip, his first impressions, he speaks of women, dust, elevation, his new job at MacMaster & MacMaster, costs of living, wages, and a fight in the city, there is a particularly interesting paragraph about Goldfield being lively and the amounts of money changing hands.

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Photograph of the Tecopa Railroad Engine No. 1, Tecopa (Calif.), 1920

Date
1920
Description

Train ran to Noonday and Gunsight Mines; short-lived mines and railroad. Myrick RR of Nevada Eastern & Calif. This photo may have been taken in Ca, as that's where it was incorporated.
Caption: Old Engine at Tecopa, Calif.

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Panoramic photograph of the railroad yards, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1907

Date
1907
Description
San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad yards, located within the Las Vegas Valley, opposite Clark's Las Vegas Townsite. Clark's Townsite is visible and at right is Las Vegas Ice and Manufacturing Company.
Site Name: Las Vegas Ice and Manufacturing Company (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Photograph of railroad cottages, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1911

Date
1911
Description
Row of railroad cottages in Clark's Las Vegas Townsite. Photograph is of a Wharton Drug Company postcard. 64 railroad cottages were built between 1909 and 1911 by the Las Vegas Land and Water Company for employees of the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad.
Caption: R. R. cottages, Las Vegas, Nev. 1911

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Telegram from Leo A. McNamee to A .S. Halsted, July 6, 1922

Date
1922-07-06
Description
Message concerns keeping strikers off railroad property.

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Letter from H. T. Yoder to R. T. Walker, May 19, 1918

Date
1918-05-19
Description
Letter regards employment opportunitites.

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Letter from W. E. Smith to C. McLeod, March 27, 1913

Date
1913-03-27
Description
Letter concerns ore billing and stamping. Letter sent from Potosi Mine

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Telegram from A .S. Halsted to Fred E. Pettit, Jr., July 13, 1922

Date
1922-07-13
Description
Telegram from A .S. Halsted to Fred E. Pettit, Jr., July 13, 1922

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