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Boomtowns

Southern Nevada: The Boomtown Years brings together a wide range of original source materials found in widely diverse collections from UNLV Libraries Special Collections, the Nevada State Museum, and Historical Society in Las Vegas and the Clark County Heritage Museum. In addition to original source materials, the collection provides a wide variety of standards-based activities for elementary and high schoolers. Read more about the collections...

Highlights from the Collection

• Tonopah

  

• Eldorado Canyon

  

• Beatty

  

• Pioche

  

• Round Mountain

  

• Searchlight

  

• Las Vegas

  

• Caliente

  

• Goldfield

  

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