Letter from Alfred Merritt Smith (Carson City) to Ernest Cragin (Las Vegas), May 6, 1946

Metadata

Title

Letter from Alfred Merritt Smith (Carson City) to Ernest Cragin (Las Vegas), May 6, 1946

Creator

• Smith, Alfred Merritt(feed)

Description

Letter written by the Nevada state engineer to the mayor of Las Vegas regarding the water use from the Las Vegas Aquifer, which was roughly equal to the recharge rate. The state engineer recommended that a group of property owners form a group, perhaps called the "Las Vegas Valley Water Improvement District" to pursue the acquisition of additional water from Lake Mead and thus allowing for future development and growth of the City of Las Vegas and surrounding areas.

Identified Individuals

• Cragin, Ernie W.(feed)
• Earl, Ira J.(feed)
• Grant, A. C.(feed)
• Shamberger, Hugh A.(feed)

Identified corporate bodies

• Geological Survey (U.S.)(feed)

Contributors (role)

• Nevada. State Engineer(feed)

Accession Number

Box 12 Folder W23-1-B Water Conservation Campaign 1942-1944

Original Collection

• Union Pacific Railroad Collection(feed)

Formatted Date

1946-05-06

Alternative Date

1946 (May 6)

Geographic Feature (Getty TGN)

• Las Vegas Valley(feed)
• Mead, Lake(feed)

City or Town (Getty TGN)

• Las Vegas(feed)

County (Getty TGN)

• Clark(feed)

State (Getty TGN)

• Nevada(feed)

Country (Getty TGN)

• United States(feed)

Subject (LC TGM)

• Water supply(feed)
• City planning(feed)
• Municipal government(feed)
• Water use(feed)

Subject (FAST Topical & Geographic Headings)

• Groundwater recharge(feed)
• City planning--Growth(feed)
• Municipal water supply--Planning(feed)
• Municipal water supply--Management(feed)
• Water use(feed)
• Groundwater--Analysis(feed)
• Nevada--Las Vegas(feed)
• United States--Lake Mead(feed)

DC Type

• Text(feed)

Genre (LC TGM)

• Communication(feed)
• Correspondence(feed)

Local Genre

• Letters(feed)

Language

• eng(feed)

Is referenced by

http://digital.library.unlv.edu/u?/hln,1209

Is Part of

http://digital.library.unlv.edu/u?/dig,2

Rights

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Format

application/pdf

Measurements

8.42 x 10.97 inches

Digital Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas University Libraries

Digital Collection

• The Historic Landscape of Nevada: Development, Water and Natural Environment(feed)

Conversion Specifications

Original material scanned on Epson Expression 10000XL using EPSON Scan Ver. 2.94A software

Digital ID

hln000743

Access ID

749