Sketches Of Mormon Trail By Delphine Squires
A diary narrative from 1855 Las Vegas details cattle drives to California, fort building at Vegas, and daily life. Letters from Geo W Bean and Elder John Steel describe crops, weather, defense, mail routes, and a saw mill under way, with notes on Indians and desert conditions.
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Delphine Squires
Andrew Jensen
Salt Lake
Miss Weir
Nevada Historical Society
Las Vegas
California
George Snyder
George Bean
Wm. Smoot
William Follet
Thos. Ricks
Bringhurst
Geo. W. Bean
Thos. Bullock
Jerome M. Benson
Jordan Bridge
Tidero
Provo
Siam
Elam Luddington
Wall
Cottonwood Springs
Young
Vegas
Covert
Vegas Fort
John Steel
George A. Smith
Messrs. Savage
Hope
Donger
Colorado
Highways and Motor Taxes Debate Over Toll Road Plan
The piece notes a Congress debate on cutting Federal highway funds and shifting motor taxes. It highlights gasoline, registration, and title fees paid by car owners, and cites Senator Lonegran's Connecticut proposal to revive toll roads as an easier route to raise revenue from motorists.
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Congress
United Staes
Lonegran
Connecticut
Spend Winter Here With Daughter In Los Angeles
Mrs. Alice Pomeroy of Los Angeles has arrived to spend the winter with her daughter, Mrs. Barl Davison.
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Alice Pomeroy
Los Angelese
Barl Davison
I d Rather Be Right Star George M Cohan ASCAP Honor
Broadway musical star George M Cohan headlines the hit I d Rather Be Right with Rodgers Hart and Harris linking to past and current ASCAP members. The piece notes Cohan’s long songwriting career and his active advocacy in Washington for song creators.
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George M. Cohan
Richard Rodgers
Lorenz Hert
Sam H. Harris
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
George S. Kaufman
Moss Mart
Rodgers and
Lorenz Hart
Cohan and
Harris
Tony Pastor
Koster & Bial
Hyde & Behman
Washington
Rodgers and Hart Celebrate Century Hit in New Show
George M. Cohan leads the Society of actors in a fight for copyright reform as Rodgers and Hart reach a milestone with their thousandth song in a new show. The pair began together eighteen years ago after Columbia connections and produced songs for The Poor Little Ritz Girl. Their enduring collaborations include With a Song in My Heart and My Heart Stood Still.
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Rodgers and Hart
Rodgers
Columbia
Hart
George M. Cohan
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