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	Title	Description
1	Report on the Basic Magnesium, Incorporated water supply system, Clark County, Nevada, October, 1949	Report on the water supply system at Basic Magnesium, Inc.
2	Report, Outline of water supply system at Basic Magnesium, Incorporated, Henderson, Nevada, September 22, 1944	Detailed report with drawings and maps of the water system at Basic Magnesium, Incorporated.
3	Report, Geological survey circular 346: First fourteen years of Lake Mead, circa 1949	Report on Lake Mead taken from the Lake Mead Comprehensive Survey of 1948-49
4	Application by Las Vegas Valley Water District and Colorado River Commission of Nevada to the...	Application of the Las Vegas Valley Water District to obtain the water facilities constructed at or near Henderson, Nevada, by Defense Plant Corporation. Document includes background of application, water district plans, consideration of public interest and benefit, and the terms...
5	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...
6	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.
7	Geology and water resources of Las Vegas, Pahrump, and Indian Spring Valleys, Clark and Nye...	Report on the geology and groundwater of southern Nevada.
8	Letter from Alfred J. Ryan to the Directors of the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce,...	Discussion of the feasibility of bringing water from Lake Mead to Las Vegas. Pittman is an older name for the city of Henderson. Whitney is an older name for East Las Vegas.
9	Bill of sale from Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad to Union Pacific Railroad Company...	Bill of sale by the grantor, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company to assign, transfer, and convey to the grantee, Union Pacific Railroad Company water production facilities including springs, spring houses, water wells, settling basins, reservoirs, storage tank, pipe...
10	Sketch of plan and profile of present and proposed pipes and tanks and reservoirs at...	Sketch of the pipelines and reservoirs existing and contemplated by the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad in Sloan, Jean, and Erie, Nevada.
11	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
12	Report, Investigations and research in Nevada by the Water Resources Division, 1984	Survey of the water resources of Nevada in 1982-1983
13	Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to H. H. Larson (Los Angeles), May 22,...	Discussion of the necessity of keeping down weeds around the reservoirs and settling ponds at Las Vegas Springs to avoid fires.
14	Report by Moapa Soil Conservation District on irrigation storage possibilities of Wells Siding, Bowman Reservoir,...	Results of a preliminary survey of irrigation storage potential of Wells Siding, Bowman Reservoir and other nearby sites.
15	Letter from P. J. Lynch (Omaha) to A. E. Stoddard, March 13, 1952	Lynch brings attention to the issue of the Union Pacific Railroad developing an independent water source. They had a well in the shop yard, but the only vested water right they had was in Well No. 1 near the...
16	Copy of the act creating the Las Vegas Valley Water District, May 10, 1951	Text of the bill creating a water district in the Las Vegas Valley
17	Letter, handwritten notes, and sketches from Division Engineer C. Miller (Los Angeles) to Chief Engineer...	Details of pipeline maintenance including sketches of the work to be done in Las Vegas
18	Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to H. C. Mann (Las Vegas) regarding Las...	Las Vegas was just entering the hottest part of the year and well No. 1 had dropped off production considerably.
19	Senate Bill No. 63, Chapter 167 by Senator Charles D. Baker, approved March 27, 1947	Bill that created the Las Vegas Valley Water District
20	Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to W. M. Jeffers (Los Angeles), June ...	Bracken briefing Jeffers on the production problems with Well No. 2, a possible rate increase due to evaporative water coolers, and the water shortage in Las Vegas
21	Photograph of Lost City restorations and Lake Mead, Nevada, 1939	The waters of Lake Mead lapping at the base of the restorations of the Lost City.
22	Letter from C. O. Whittemore (Los Angeles) to T. E. Gibbon (Los Angeles), August 22,...	Whittemore stating that the reservoir at the Las Vegas Springs should be covered and a pipeline run since the open water system was an epidemic and a lawsuit waiting to happen.
23	Diagrammatic drawing showing wells, springs, reservoir and settling basins, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 1942	Map showing the location, size, depth, capacity, and type of water resources owned by the railroad in Las Vegas in June of 1942
24	Topographic map of Las Vegas Rancho showing location of wells and water lines, Las Vegas,...	Map showing the locations of springs, wells, and waterlines in Las Vegas in 1940.
25	Map showing proposed improvements of Las Vegas Springs, Las Vegas, Nev. / L.A. & S.L.R.R....	Map showing the locations of the Las Vegas Springs and the proposed improvements to them for the municipal water system
26	Photograph of water seeping into restored pit and dwellings of Lost City, Nevada, 1939	Pithouse in the Lost City restorations undermined by rising Lake Mead water.
27	Map showing summary of power requirements, December 29, 1952	Map showing all power lines and electrical facilities of the Las Vegas Land and Water Company.
28	Map showing location of proposed 12-inch water main to connect Well #8 with settling basin...	Map showing a proposed pipeline near the Las Vegas Springs.
29	Map of Arrowhead Canyon Dam and reservoir site, 1934	Map of Arrowhead Canyon Dam site.
30	Topographic map of Las Vegas Rancho showing location of wells and water lines, Las Vegas,...	Map of Las Vegas showing the water resources of the Las Vegas Land and Water Company. Library's copy has hand-written notations in pencil.
31	Photograph of two women in St. Thomas, circa 1948	Two women pretending to fish off a foundation of a house in St. Thomas.
32	Map showing proposed improvement of Las Vegas Springs, Las Vegas, Nev., September 21, 1916	Las Vegas Springs and proposed pipeline and other improvements.
33	Aerial photograph showing terminal reservoir site, plant site, and temporary boarding camp, Basic Magnesium Inc.,...	Aerial view looking northwest from the extreme southeast corner of the Las Vegas Valley, showing the Basic Magnesium plant, Whitney Mesa, Las Vegas, and the Spring Mountains.
34	Aerial photograph of the Basic Magnesium Inc. pipeline and reservoir, Henderson, Nevada, January 5, 1942	Aerial view looking northeast showing Basic Magnesium's terminal reservoir site and 40" pipeline ditch.
35	Aerial photograph showing the Lake Mead intake for the Basic Magnesium Inc. water system, Nevada,...	Aerial view showing site of Basic Magnesium's water supply intake at Lake Mead.
36	Aerial photograph of booster pumping station site, Basic Magnesium Inc., Henderson, Nevada, January 13, 1942	Aerial view of Basic Magnesium pipeline between the plant and Lake Mead, looking east towards the causeway and island on Lake Mead.
37	Book excerpt, Preliminary report to determine feasibility of diverting Colorado River, February 1, 1876	The excerpt consists of Appendix B printed in the Annual report by the Army Corps of Engineers upon the geographical surveys west of the 100th Meridian, February 18, 1905. It contains maps of the Southwest region of the United States,...
38	Price list and blueprint from E. M. Jessup (Los Angeles) for plans to erect housing...	Plans and detailed cost estimate for covering over the Big Spring
39	Press release about proposed expenditures from bond issue, Clark County, Nevada, 1953	News announcement release of the Las Vegas Valley Water District's spending plans for money raised from a $8,700,000 bond issue. The list was compiled by the district consulting engineer, James M. Montgomery and included improvement projects and their estimated cost....
40	Letter from Leonard L. Arnett (Las Vegas) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), June 20,...	Letter from the Mayor of Las Vegas requesting detail about water production and usage in Las Vegas. Handwritten notes on letter.
41	Statutes of the State of Nevada passed at the special session of the Legislature, 1912	Chapter 140: An Act to provide a water law for the State of Nevada
42	Photograph of Lake Mead and the Lost City restorations, Nevada, 1938	View of the Lost City from the approaching waters of Lake Mead during the spring of 1938.
43	Photograph of Lake Mead at base of Lost City restorations, Nevada, 1939	Water from Lake Mead undermining a wall in the restored Lost City.
44	Photograph of Lost City restorations and Lake Mead, northward direction, Nevada, 1939	The Lost City restorations nearly surrounded by the waters of Lake Mead.
45	Photograph of Fort Callville, Nevada, before 1935	Photo of Fort Callville and corrals.
46	Photograph of Lake Mead and Lost City restorations, Nevada, 1939	The rising water of Lake Mead damages a pit and dwelling of the Lost City restoration.
47	Photograph of Oran Gragson, Leonard Fayle, and I. ''Pat'' Head at reservoir construction site, May...	Oran Gragson, Leonard Fayle, and I. ''Pat'' Head at construction site for the Leonard R. Fayle reservoir and pumping station
48	Photograph of I. ''Pat'' Head, Oran Gragson, and Leonard Fayle at reservoir construction site, May...	Oran Gragson, Leonard Fayle, and I. ''Pat'' Head at the Leonard R. Fayle reservoir construction site. Left to Right: I. 'Pat' Head, Mayor Oran Gragson, and Leonard R. Fayle.
49	Photograph of St. Thomas, Nevada ruins and Lake Mead, circa July, 1938	The remains of a house in St. Thomas being covered by water.
50	Photograph of a party of salvagers, St. Thomas, Nevada, June, 1938	A group of men dismantling a house and loading the fruits of their labors on a truck. The waters of the rising Lake Mead are in the foreground.