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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to W. M. Jeffers (Omaha), August 26, 1935
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Archival Collection
Description
General overview of the Las Vegas water situation, covering possible municipal ownership, the Las Vegas Springs, irrigation on the Las Vegas Ranch, and more.
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Letter from Joseph Irving (Las Vegas) to A. M. Folger (Las Vegas), February 27, 1948
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Estimate for the drilling of a well on the Las Vegas Ranch.
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Telegram from Frank Strong (Los Angeles) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), August 19, 1939
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Telegram informing Bracken that Union Pacific Railroad President Jeffers had approved the drilling of a well on the Las Vegas Ranch.
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Letter from A. M. Folger to H. A. Shamberger (Carson City), February 28, 1948
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Request for the drill logs of area wells to see the probable chance of success for a contemplated well on the Las Vegas Ranch.
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Photograph of Stewart Ranch, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1905
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Tents and horses by the Las Vegas Creek on the Las Vegas Ranch.
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Letter from E. E. Calvin (Omaha) to F. H. Knickerbocker (Los Angeles), January 21, 1926
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Directions to have the Las Vegas Ranch contour mapped in order to figure out the most efficient irrigation scheme.
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Letter from R. L. Adamson (Los Angeles) to F. H. Knickerbocker, August 16, 1929
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Summary of the lands purchased from the Stewart family by the Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company.
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Letter from J. T. McWilliams (Good Springs, Nevada) to J. Ross Clark (Los Angeles), February 1, 1903
Date
Archival Collection
Description
McWilliams' handwritten letter in which he explains that the discrepancy in water measurements of the Las Vegas Creek stem from differences in what the surveyors refer to as a miner's inch. Colonel Moore's reply, mentioned in the letter is referenced below.
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Photograph of riders near the Vegas Creek at the Stewart Ranch camp in Las Vegas, circa 1905-1906
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Las Vegas Creek running through the old Las Vegas Ranch with tents on the side
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Letter from Mr. Wood (Las Vegas) to Walter R. Bracken, February 13, 1926
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Suggestions of a few minor changes that would allow the Las Vegas Ranch to become profitable in a few years time, as it has the essential fundamentals.
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