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K: Can you recall anything about McKeeversville and, if so, can you draw some contrast between McKeeversville and Boulder City. M: McKeeversville, of course, is just like Shantytown; it just grew. I told you [that] the end of M Street was where people went. McKeeversville also was that type. They built houses helter-skelter, the streets were unpaved, and you’d go up one street and maybe down another. It’s not McKeeversville any more; it’s Valley View. They [now] have [paved] streets, and they’ve got some very nice homes and all over there. But those were all built just like they were on M - - lumber here, lumber there. K: Were the people who lived there any different from the people who lived in Boulder City? M: No, they were just trying to make a living. They [lived in] the homes that they could get into. It was very limited: they had the company homes and the government homes. They had one block of duplexes up there on Avenue L. The rest of the homes [were] on the outskirts. There [are] none on this side but McKeeversville.

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