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Letter to C. McLeod, May 15, 1913

Date
1913-05-15
Description
Letter to C. McLeod on Potosi Mine stationery; bottom half of page is missing. Author unknown; Probably written by W.E. Smith or Clayton V. Smith.

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Letter from W. E. Smith to C. McLeod, June 10, 1913

Date
1913-06-10
Description
Letter concerns instructions for ore billing.

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Letter from W. E. Smith to C. McLeod, June 11 [1913]

Date
1913-06-11
Description
Letter concerns arranging a meeting with Mahoney, and shipment of feed or barley. Letter sent from Potosi Mine.

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Map showing the Union Pacific Railway and connecting railroads, 1888

Date
1882
Description
Scale 1:3,800,000. 1 in. to 60 miles (W 126°--W 86°/N 48°--N 30°) ; 1 map : col. ; 57 x 85 cm ; Relief shown by hachures ; Prime meridian: Greenwich and Washington, D.C. ; "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1882 by G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington." ; Rufus Adams

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Dan Bennett oral history interview

Identifier
OH-00110
Abstract

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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Letter from J. K. W. Bracken to J. Ross Clark, December 14, 1904

Date
1904-12-14
Description
Letter discusses the need to pay the deputy sheriff in Las Vegas extra to patrol company property to protect against gang pillaging.

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Letter from William McDermott to J. Ross Clark, March 31, 1903

Date
1903-03-31
Description
Letter discusses Harry and Hiram Stewart's intention to purchase cattle for their ranch from the Las Vegas Ranch.

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Letter from T. C. Peck to T. P. Cullen, February 5, 1920

Date
1920-02-05
Description
Letter concerns stopping a union representative who is trying to persuade shipworkers to go on strike.
Caption: Complaint - Southwestern Shipbuilding Co.

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Letter from J. G. Scrugham to F. R. McNamee, March 2, 1923

Date
1923-03-02
Description
Letter from J. G. Scrugham to F. R. McNamee, March 2, 1923

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Transcript of interview with Howard E. Hollingsworth by Joseph Concannen, February 23, 1979

Date
1979-02-23
Description

On February 23, 1979, collector Joseph Concannen interviewed educator, Howard E. Hollingsworth (born October 3rd, 1927 in Preston, Idaho) in J. D. Smith Junior High School in Las Vegas, Nevada. This interview covers the history of Nevada. Mr. Hollingsworth also discusses the Mormon Fort, ranches, and the railroad.

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