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Photograph of a man setting up a tent in a railroad survey camp, Eldorado Canyon (Nev.), March, 1907

Date
1907-03
Description
Photograph of a man setting up a tent in a railroad survey camp, Eldorado Canyon (Nev.), March, 1907

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Photograph of the surveyor for the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date
1900 to 1925
Description
Photograph of the surveyor for the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925

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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 a decorated wagon at Tonopah Railroad Carnival, Tonopah (Nev.), early 1900s

Description
Caption: Miners Drugstore Float Tonopah R.R. Carnival

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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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Photograph of the Las Vegas train yard and buildings, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date
1900 to 1925
Description
Photograph of the Las Vegas train yard and buildings, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925

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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 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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