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Photograph of train station and caboose, (Nev.), 1890-1910
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Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad car: photographic print
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.G. Reidhead Family. The railroad car says, "TONOPAH & TIDEWATER". It also says, "BAGGAGE U.S. MAIL 99", and "RAILWAY EXPRESS AGENCY".
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Draft offer of Las Vegas Valley Water District to purchase the water production lands and facilities of the Las Vegas Land and Water Company and the railroad, October 15, 1952
Draft offer of Las Vegas Valley Water District to purchase the water production lands and facilities of the Las Vegas Land and Water Company and the railroad. R. L. Adamson's red pencil edits are handwritten. Accompanies letter (see Is referenced by). Draft has penciled corrections in the margins.
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Letter from J. G. Scrugham to F. R. McNamee, March 9, 1923
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Letter from J. T. McWilliams to J. Ross Clark, November 9, 1902
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Las Vegas Land & Water Company Records from the Las Vegas Valley Water District
The Las Vegas Land & Water Company Records from the Las Vegas Valley Water District (1918-1989) are primarily comprised of contracts, correspondence, and maps that document the establishment of a water distribution system in Las Vegas, Nevada that would provide water using the state's Colorado River allocation. The records include water main extension agreements, correspondence, and bills of sale for water main construction, as well as articles and correspondence documenting the groundwater shortage in Las Vegas. The collection also includes maps for water distribution systems and pipelines throughout the Las Vegas Valley.
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Photograph of ruins of a train station, Goldfield (Nev.), 1918-1928
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Telegram from A .S. Halsted to Fred E. Pettit, Jr., July 13, 1922
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Postcard of Union Pacific Station, Las Vegas, circa 1940
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Photograph of railroad pass in the desert, (Nev.), 1906-1928
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