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Letter from Franz A. Maroshek (Las Vegas) to J. M. Murphy (Las Vegas), February 18, 1948
The County Health Department called on the City Manager to enforce Ordinance 76 to prevent the use of effluent to irrigate land that was used to raise dairy cattle on the Las Vegas Ranch.
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Nevada Burial Records of Stewart Ranch
The Nevada Burial Records of Stewart Ranch date from 1905 to 1913 and consist of a ledger recording those buried at Stewart Ranch in Las Vegas, Nevada. The entries in the ledger document the names of the deceased and where they died. Some entries have additional information explaining how the person died and their height and weight.
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Letter from Howard W. Cannon (Las Vegas) to W. H. Johnson (Las Vegas), April 17, 1951
The irrigation practices on the Las Vegas Ranch were being blamed for the mosquito problem in Las Vegas, and the Las Vegas Land and Water Company was being asked to address it.
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Letter from Ralph E. Wells to J. Ross Clark, August 9, 1904
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Postcard of trees at Mormon Fort, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1924
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