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Letter from William McDermott to J. Ross Clark, March 31, 1903
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Train engine and railroad workers: postcard
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Dan Bennett oral history interview
Oral history interview with Dan Bennett conducted by Guy Pence on October 03, 1972 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. During this interview Bennett talks about the visits from presidents and other important people to the Las Vegas, Nevada area and discusses the 1942 plane crash of Carole Lombard’s plane. He also mentions Boulder Dam and describes the economic, social and environmental changes that have taken place in Southern Nevada over the years.
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Transcript of interview with Jackie Abell by Robert Stuart, April 03, 1976
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Santa Fe Railroad Depot: photographic print
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Map showing the Union Pacific Railway and connecting railroads, 1888
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Letter from E. E. Calvin to N. A. Williams, October 17, 1922
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Tonopah Depot: photographic print
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VI. Tonopah, Nevada -- Subseries VI.D. Terrell Family. Man on the far right may be Don Terrell. With the mines and mills in Tonopah shut down, the railroad was losing money. The contraption above was constructed to carry passengers on the railroad wheels. The gas tank is visible on the roof of the car.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken to F. H. Knickerbocker, April 23, 1925
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Negative: Tonopah and Tidewater Engine No. 8: photographic print
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.G. Reidhead Family.
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