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Correspondence, F.R. McNamee to H.E. George
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Correspondence, Emily Rice to Sadie George
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First and only train to run through the Smoky Valley: photographic print
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.A. Carver, Carver-Duhme, and Carver-Book Families (Smoky Valley). Doby Doc Caudill lived in Carlin, Nevada, and had amassed a large collection of memorabilia of early Nevada history. He later sold his collection to the Last Frontier Casino in Las Vegas. One of the items in Doby Doc’s collection was this old steampowered locomotive, which was hauled to Las Vegas by way of Highway 50 and the Round Mountain turnoff out of Austin, then on to Tonopah and Las Vegas. The side of the train says "PAT McCARRAN SPECIAL".
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E. Critchfield, Amy Farrington, and Mamma Jo Francisco: photographic print
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.A. Carver, Carver-Duhme, and Carver-Book Families (Smoky Valley). Left to right: Edward "Eddie" Critchfield (1898-1975), Round Mountain resident and the town’s last Constable and last Justice of the Peace; Amy Farrington; Mamma Jo Francisco. Date and location unknown. Probably circa mid 1960s-mid 1970s in Round Mountain, NV.
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Maurine and Fred Wilson Papers
The Maurine and Fred Wilson Papers (1888-1991) contain family papers and the historical research of Fred Wilson. It includes correspondence between Maurine and Fred Wilson, as well as Maurine Wilson’s diaries, calendars, and materials related to her career as a music teacher. The collection also contains Fred Wilson’s research files about the history of Southern Nevada as well as the First Methodist Church in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Photograph of child, 1940s
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