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Transcript of interview with Francis E. Hughes by Mark E. French, February 23, 1977
Date
1977-02-23
Description
On February 23, 1977, collector Mark E. French interviewed local farmer, Francis E. Hughes (born March 9th, 1917 in Mesquite, Nevada) in his home in Mesquite, Nevada. This interview offers an overview of the general lifestyle and culture in Mesquite. Mr. Hughes mother, Orilla Leavitt, was born in Bunkerville, Nevada. Members of Mr. Hughes’s family were amongst the first settlers in the Mesquite area.
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Postcard of mule teams, Belleville, Nevada, 1880s
Date
1880 to 1889
Description
Mule skinners (drivers) and pack mules loaded with cordwood where it will be transferred to wagons pulled by sixteen-mule (jerk-line) teams and hauled to ore mill at Belleville, Nevada. The ore was to be used for fuel.
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Postcard of mining, Belleville, Nevada, 1880s
Date
1880 to 1889
Description
Belleville, Nevada looking toward the main street from the ore mill. A typical scene of early mining activity in Nevada, where they hauled water as well as everything else on wagons and pack animals.
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Photograph of a buggy in front of butcher shop in Round Mountain (Nev.), early 1900s
Date
1900 to 1925
Description
Photo shows the Nugget Bar and Meat Market in Round Mountain.
Site Name: The Nugget Bar (Round Mountain, Nev.)
Site Name: The Nugget Bar (Round Mountain, Nev.)
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Film transparency of a Greyhound bus and a horse-drawn coach at the Last Frontier Village (Las Vegas), circa 1950s
Date
1950 to 1959
Description
Guests on a horse-drawn stagecoach next to a Greyhound bus in the Last Frontier Village.
Site Name: Frontier
Address: 3120 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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