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Photograph of bridge over Las Vegas Creek south of the Old Mormon Fort.

Letter stating that low water pressure had been a serious problem during the last three fires in Las Vegas and should be fixed. If irrigation was the culprit, then the city commission should enact watering restrictions.
1919-08-13
Offer from the Las Vegas Valley Water District to Union Pacific Railroad Company, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company, and Las Vegas Land and Water Company, to purchase all water production lands and facilities owned by the Union Pacific...
1953-01-31
$2,500,000.00 offer from the Las Vegas Valley Water District to purchase all water production lands and facilities, with exceptions noted that were owned by the Union Pacific Railroad Company and subsidiaries.
1952-10-15
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 plant. Bids were accepted up to and...
1943-11-05
Aerial view of Las Vegas in 1915.
2024-04-25
Aerial view of Las Vegas looking north

Las Vegas Creek with water wheel at Las Vegas Fort.

The elections for Mayor and City Commission have brought the issue of municipal ownership of a water company in Las Vegas to the fore again
1947-05-07
Release of all rights, licenses, leases, contracts, etc., of the Las Vegas Land and Water Company to the Las Vegas Valley Water District. Notarized by Louis Scholnick in Douglas County, Nebraska on June 3, 1954.
1954-06-01
Having received enough petition signatures, water district backers were moving on to the next step: a public meeting to discuss the issue.
1948-08-08
A single subject newsletter encouraging people to participate in voting for the creation of the Las Vegas Valley Water District. The vote was to take place on October 19, 1948. The installation of water meters is mentioned.
1948-10-14
On a report that the railroad was not fulfilling its duty to supply water to the Stewart burial plot, Bracken and others visited the site and reported on their findings. An excerpt from the original Stewart deed is referenced below.
1939-06-20
Bill of sale for pipelines and wire lines from the Las Vegas Land and Water Company to the Las Vegas Valley Water District.
1954-06-01
Following complaints from the ice plant about low water pressure, Bracken discovered a leak in the pipeline and a partially blocked intake at the springs.
1912-04-13
Clark County Commission set October 19, 1948 as the date for a vote on the creation of the Las Vegas Valley Water District
1948-09-16
Prospectus for the Las Vegas Valley Water District's $8.7 million bond issue. This notice is given pursuant to the Las Vegas Valley Water District Board of Directors resolution adopted April 2, 1954. Date stamp from E. E. Bennett
1954-04-05
News release by the Las Vegas Valley Water District reporting that they had formally requested the state attorney general to review and state officially the legality of the District's plans to install water meters in Las Vegas. Statement included...
1955-10-25
Letter accompanying the agreements with the Las Vegas Land and Water Company and the drilling company.
1939-08-23
Subtitle:'Including Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, Henderson, Boulder City, and the unincorporated areas.' 'Clark County Master Planning Program, Clark County, Nevada.' 'Eisner-Stewart and Associates, Planning Consultants, South Pasadena,...

'S.P.L.A.&S.L.R.R., Los Angeles Division.' 'Jan. 15, 1914.' Includes other parts of water utilities besides pipelines such as sump pumps and water tanks.
1914-01-15

Stamped : 'Approved (Signed) A. Maguire, Assistant Chief Engineer.' In lower right corner: '6-W-74.' Some annotations written over in yellow; black dotted line added between forebay and final spring in the northwest.


North Las Vegas golf course with Parks and Recreation Building and city water tanks.

Revised Draft of Agreement and deed between the railroad companies and the Las Vegas Valley Water District for the sale of Las Vegas water facilities and lands
1953-05-08
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