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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 the Tecopa Railroad Engine No. 1, Tecopa (Calif.), 1920
Date
1920
Description
Train ran to Noonday and Gunsight Mines; short-lived mines and railroad. Myrick RR of Nevada Eastern & Calif. This photo may have been taken in Ca, as that's where it was incorporated.
Caption: Old Engine at Tecopa, Calif.
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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.)
Site Name: Las Vegas Ice and Manufacturing Company (Las Vegas, Nev.)
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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
Caption: R. R. cottages, Las Vegas, Nev. 1911
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Telegram from Leo A. McNamee to A .S. Halsted, July 6, 1922
Date
1922-07-06
Description
Message concerns keeping strikers off railroad property.
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Letter from H. T. Yoder to R. T. Walker, May 19, 1918
Date
1918-05-19
Description
Letter regards employment opportunitites.
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Letter from W. E. Smith to C. McLeod, March 27, 1913
Date
1913-03-27
Description
Letter concerns ore billing and stamping. Letter sent from Potosi Mine
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Telegram from A .S. Halsted to Fred E. Pettit, Jr., July 13, 1922
Date
1922-07-13
Description
Telegram from A .S. Halsted to Fred E. Pettit, Jr., July 13, 1922
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Photograph of the first public train into Las Vegas from Los Angeles, Las Vegas (Nev.), May 15, 1905
Date
1905-05-15
Description
The image was taken within the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad's rail yard. In the center of the photograph is a large crowd of people who have just arrived. To the left is passenger cars, to the right freight cars, in the background center is the first depot in Las Vegas, a railroad car. Photographer is believed to have been Ed Von Tobel, Sr. The San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad offered a special rate of sixteen dollars to those coming in for the auction of lots within Clark's Las Vegas Townsite. If an individual purchased property, the amount of the ticket would be refunded.
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Letter from H. Hawgood to F. A. Waters, February 9, 1904
Date
1904-02-09
Description
Letter regarding right of way for Pioche railway branch.
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