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History of Blue Diamond Village in Nevada Oral History Project
This is the history of Blue Diamond Village. Blue Diamond is located 26 miles southwest of Las Vegas. The village, originally known as Cottonwood Springs, changed its name when the Blue Diamond Company took ownership of the Gypsum mine and built corporate housing for the workers in the early '20s. Near the base of the Red Rock canyon, Blue Diamond Village was originally a stop on the Old Spanish Trail for traders from Santa Fe, N.M., to California between 1830 and 1848, according to the history committee's findings.
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Photograph of the Wilsons at Standstone Ranch, Blue Diamond (Nev.), 1900
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Claims located in Sec. 15 & 16, SW1/4, Sec. 15, T.21S., R.59E, John H. Stone, 1971
Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Collection of Maps
Box/Folder: Flat File 111
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Howard Heckethorn interview, March 2, 1977: transcript
On March 2, 1977, Neil C. Dalmas interviewed teacher Howard Heckethorn, (born on September 14th, 1922 in St. George, Utah) at Red Rock Elementary School in Las Vegas, Nevada. This interview offers an overview of early education in Nevada. Mr. Heckethorn also discusses Stewart Ranch, Howard Hughes and the Hughes Site, and the migration of the Mormons to the Las Vegas area.
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Desert View custom homes, final and structural check set, redlines, undated
Collection Name: Kenneth H. Childers Architectural Drawings
Box/Folder: Roll 040
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