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Bell Family Scrapbook scanning, Set 4, proofed 11.04.2010 Unidentified man standing on railroad tracks in the Mojave Desert. Several unidentified buildings are in the distance

'Philadelphia. Published by Charles Desilver ... 1859.' Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1856 by Charles Desilver in the Clerks office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.' 'Engraved by J.L. Hazzard & E. Yeager.' Includes notes and insets titled 'Gold region of California' and 'District of Columbia.' Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Also shows battle fields and proposed western railroad routes. Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich. Atlas p. numbers in upper margin: 5-6. Scale 1:8,750,000 (W 126°--W 65°/N 48°--N 24°)

From the Elizabeth Harrington Photograph Collection (PH-00291). Inscription with image reads: "Driving the silver spike. Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, Secretary of the Interior, drives the last spike into tracks of railroads spur to the damsite. To the right of Dr. Wilbur is Senator Key Pittman. Nest to Pittman is Nevada Governor Fred Balzar. Second back from Senator Pittman is Las Vegas Mayor Fred Hesse. To the left of Dr. Wilbur is Carl R. Coray, Union Pacific Railroad president." - E(lizabeth) Harrington.

Charles Malkowski interviews Ralph Daly (born in Texas in 1903) about his experience of moving to Las Vegas during its early growth. Daly talks specifically about Block 16 and the Arizona Club and the extent of gambling and prostitution that took place there in the early 1900s. Daly, who worked in oil fields but became paralyzed due to an injury, also talks about moving to Las Vegas to make his living on gambling after becoming disabled. He also describes how the construction of Boulder Dam attracted many migrant workers and how, after World War II, Las Vegas attracted tourists and became more of a gambling town as more casinos were built and worldwide advertising for those casinos started. Daly also discusses the end of prostitution in Las Vegas, certain famous gamblers he met, and the forms of cooling used before air conditioning was introduced.