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Supplemental agreement (blanks filled in) between Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad and partner companies and the Las Vegas Water District, C. L. D. No. 11342-1, 1954
The purchase contract for the Las Vegas Land and Water Company allows for the contract to be annulled if its bonds are not sold by December 31, 1953. This contract rescinds that deadline, allowing as much time as needed for the sale of the bonds. Agreement that all parties will ignore the provision that any party can terminate the agreement if the bonds do not sell by May 1, 1954.
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Photograph of Union Pacific Railroad Depot in Boulder City (Nev.), 1974
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Photograph of remains of the Bonnie Claire Mill, Bonnie Claire (Nev.), 1906-1928
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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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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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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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