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	Title	Description
1	Report on flood control survey in Clark County, Nevada and data on Southern Nevada, 1938	Dated March 31, 1934 with appendices added from 1938, this report contains photographs and summaries of 18 areas in Southern Nevada, specifically the northeastern portion of Clark County and a small area in Arizona. The report was to serve as...
2	County agent project progress report, Flood control - soil conservation and soil conservation-domestic allotment, November...	Discussion of the formation of the Virgin River Watershed Flood Control District and Soil Conservation Committee and the efforts of all the individual soil conservation districts. Project Number: State Office No. 172. Clark County No. 12 and Project Number: State...
3	Report, Flood control and soil conservation in southern Nevada	Brief history of flooding along the Virgin River and a list of work undertaken to prevent or diminish future flooding.
4	County agent project progress report, Flood control program, November 1, 1934	Discussion of the Civilian Conservation Corp work on flood control projects in the Virgin River and Moapa Valleys. Project Number: State Office No. 172, Clark County No. 12. Name of Project: Flood Control Program.
5	County agent project progress report, Flood control, November 1, 1941	Report of the 1941 activities in the Clark County's Flood Control Program in overcoming the flood menace in the Las Vegas, Moapa, and Virgin Valleys. Project Number: State Office No. 172. Clark County No. 12
6	Report on floods from the Meadow Valley Wash, Muddy River, and California Wash, after 1945	List of major floods in the Moapa Valley with accompanying map.
7	County agent project progress report, Flood control - soil conservation, November 1, 1939	Report on flood control efforts in the Virgin Soil Conservation District, the Moapa Soil Conservation District, and the Virgin River Watershed. Project Number: State Office #172, Clark Co. #12
8	County agent project report, Erosion-flood control, April 1938	Summary of situation, goals, duties of cooperating agencies, and procedures regarding the effort to prevent flooding and erosion threatening properties and silting Lake Mead. Cooperative extension work in agriculture and home economics, University of Nevada Agricultural Extension Division and United...
9	County agent project progress report, Formation of irrigation district, November 1, 1941	Report on flood control programs in the Las Vegas, Moapa, and Virgin River Valleys.
10	History of major floods in Moapa valley and adjacent washes, after 1945	List of the major floods in the Moapa Valley with map to show locations of the floods.
11	Map of part of Las Vegas Valley, Nevada, showing approximate area and areal densities of...	Map showing the approximate distribution and density of deep rooted plants in the Las Vegas Valley in 1912.
12	Photograph of plow at Indian Frank's place, Colorado River, 1907	Plow and other agricultural implements in a field near the Colorado River.
13	County agent project progress report, Formation of irrigation district, November 1, 1930	The formation of an irrigation district was being put on hold until all land ownership issues brought about by the construction of Hoover Dam were resolved. Report signed by John H. Wittwer as District Extension Agent. Project Number: State Office...
14	Report about flood control in Virgin and Moapa Valleys	Narrative that describes nineteen elements of the flood control program in the Virgin and Moapa Valleys.
15	Photograph of Gilcrease Ranch, North Las Vegas, circa 1920's-1930's	Field crops on the Gilcrease Ranch in North Las Vegas. Sheep Range in the background.
16	Photograph of the McFarland Ranch with the Pintwater Mountains in the distance	View of McFarland Ranch from nearby mountains looking towards Pintwater Mountains.
17	Photograph of Bill Tomiyasu and children standing in his wheat field, Las Vegas, circa 1925	Bill, Kiyu, and Nanyu Tomiyasu in their wheat field looking northwest
18	Photograph of Native American workers on the Tomiyasu farm, Las Vegas, circa 1920's	Native American workers on the Tomiyasu farm in Las Vegas.
19	Aerial photograph of a farm in Las Vegas, 1964	Aerial view of a farm in the Las Vegas Valley.
20	Photograph of a water wheel on the Tomiyasu farm, Las Vegas, circa 1930's	Water wheel on the Tomiyasu farm.
21	Photograph of Bill Tomiyasu and his children standing in his lettuce patch, Las Vegas, 1923	Kiyo, Bill, and Nanyu Tomiyasu in their lettuce field.
22	Photograph of a pump engine, Tomiyasu Farm, Las Vegas, 1930's	Pump engine used on the Tomiyasu Farm in the 1930's.
23	Press release about invitation for farmers to submit water use bids, Las Vegas, November 5,...	Copy of a press release to be printed in the Las Vegas Evening Review Journal. It stated that the Board of City Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas was taking bids to use the water from a new disposal...
24	County agent project, 1940 additions, Erosion - flood control, 1937-1940	Revised summary of situation, goals, duties of cooperating agencies, and procedures regarding the effort to prevent flooding and erosion threatening properties and silting Lake Mead. Report originally signed in May 1937. Handwritten notes throughout document. Cooperative extension work in agriculture...
25	Report, Socioeconomic impacts of the second stage of the Southern Nevada Water Project and its...	Study on the possible societal impacts of bringing in water from outside of the Las Vegas Valley.
26	Report on flood in Meadow Valley Wash, March 3rd to 5th inclusive, March 12, 1938	Summary of the damage from a flood in the Moapa Valley on March 3-5, 1938
27	Report surveying Las Vegas Ranch from J. T. McWilliams (Good Springs, Nevada) to J. Ross...	McWilliams' summary of his findings in his survey of the Las Vegas Ranch, including land boundaries and water resources. Link to one of the plats mentioned in the letter is in references field.
28	Report on ground water in southeastern Nevada, March 29, 1915	Report with chart, plates, and maps regarding southeast Nevada groundwater. Water-Supply Paper 365
29	Book excerpt, Preliminary report concerning explorations and surveys principally in Nevada and Arizona, 1871	Report and maps of survey of the area including Southern Nevada. Includes pages 74-85 of the book.
30	Book excerpt, Report upon United States geographical surveys west of the one hundredth meridian, 1889	Report, maps, and engravings of the survey of the area including Southern Nevada. The text offers a discussion about irrigation and artesian wells in the survey region, including a comparison between the valleys of the western United States and those...
31	Letter from William Reinhardt (Los Angeles) to A. E. Stoddard, January 31, 1951	Willie T. Stewart was terminating the lease due to insufficient water on the ranch. He was willing to sign a new lease given the listed terms. Letter refers to outlined areas noted on map referenced below.
32	Geology and water resources of Las Vegas, Pahrump, and Indian Spring Valleys, Clark and Nye...	Report on the geology and groundwater of southern Nevada.
33	Aerial photograph of Alamo, Nevada, from an overlooking hill, circa 1922	Alamo, Nevada from an overlooking hill
34	Report of damage to agriculture by flood water, Muddy River, October 29, 1946	List of properties damaged in a flood in October of 1946 in the Moapa valley with details of damage to each property.
35	County agent project progress report, Flood control - soil conservation, November 1, 1937	Report on the eight most pressing issues regarding flood-erosion control in 1937. Project Number: State Office #172, Clark Co. #12
36	Report on Moapa Flood, August 11, 1941	Report of the damage caused by a flood in August 11, 1941.
37	Meeting minutes regarding a Moapa Valley flood channel, Logandale, Nevada, December 5, 1940	Minutes of meeting of agencies involved in the work to improve the Lower Moapa Valley flood channel.
38	Report, Flood control in the Moapa Valley, circa 1934	Narrative describing the construction of a spillway in the Meadow Valley Wash by the Civilian Conservation Corps.
39	Report on cooperative irrigation, drainage, and water control educational work in Moapa and Virgin Valleys,...	Discussion of the necessity of public education in the Moapa and Virgin valleys in regards to irrigation, drainage, water storage, domestic water, and flood control. Report was written October 10, 1945, attached application was dated February 3, 1945.
40	Letter from Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce to R. H. Rutledge (Washington, D.C.), with petition...	Letter dated June 27, 1939, from the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce supporting a petition date June 21, 1939, by property owners and taxpayers living in the Moapa Valley area of Clark County, Nevada. The petition requested that the area...
41	Report, Civilian Conservation Corps work on the flood menace in Southern Nevada, after 1935	Summary of the flood control work performed by the Civilian Conservation Corp in the Moapa Valley
42	Progress report on the ground-water resources of the Las Vegas Artesian Basin, Nevada, March 1945	Survey of the Las Vegas Artesian Basin with recommendations to curtail drilling and conserve water
43	Report, Available water supply of the Las Vegas ground-water basin Nevada, 1965	Report on the available water in the Las Vegas area