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Letter from Walter R. Bracken to E. E. Calvin regarding club for railroad employees, February 2, 1923

Date
1923-02-02
Description
Letter from Walter R. Bracken to E. E. Calvin regarding club for railroad employees, February 2, 1923

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Photograph of the driving of the golden spike and christening at Tonopah Railroad (Nev.), July 25, 1904

Date
1904-07-25
Description
Christening the Tonopah Railroad July 25 1904

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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 Clayton V. Smith to C. McLeod, June 19, 1913

Date
1913-06-19
Description
Letter concerns bills and checks for freight shipments.

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Letter from W. E. Smith to C. McLeod, June 11 [1913]

Date
1913-06-11
Description
Letter concerns arranging a meeting with Mahoney, and shipment of feed or barley. Letter sent from Potosi Mine.

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Letter from J. G. Scrugham to F. R. McNamee, March 2, 1923

Date
1923-03-02
Description
Letter from J. G. Scrugham to F. R. McNamee, March 2, 1923

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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 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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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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