Record Details
Field | Value |
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Title | Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Leo A. McNamee (Las Vegas), February 6, 1940 |
Creator | Bracken, Walter R.; |
Description | Letter referring to water received by the Stewart family from the Union Pacific Railroad. Transcribed from handwritten text on letter: "May 1st, 1940 - Placed dam in ditch to divert all water to Burial Plot; May 27 - 2 1/2'' on weir, 8'' around weir. At Steward fence, water 3'' deep, 10'' wide." |
Contributor | Las Vegas Land and Water Company |
Source | Box 11 Folder W18-1-12 Las Vegas Ranch - Albert W. Wittwer Lease Sep. 1, 1933 Union Pacific Railroad Manuscript Collection; |
Date | 1940-02-06 |
Coverage | Las Vegas Valley; Las Vegas; Clark; Nevada; United States; |
Subject | Water rights; Water rights--Management; Water-supply--Management; Irrigation; Groundwater flow--Measurement; |
Type | Text; |
Language | eng |
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Format | application/pdf 8.10 x 10.54 inches |
Publisher | University of Nevada, Las Vegas University Libraries |
Identifier | http://digital.library.unlv.edu:81/u?/hln,398 |