The Washington University College of Art, located in St. Louis, Missouri, was founded in 1879. In 1878, Wayman Crow, one of the founders of Washington University, sought to dedicate a new museum to his late son, Wayman Crow, Jr. To accompany the museum, the University also created an independent school, creating the St. Louis School and Museum of Fine Arts, the first art school west of the Mississippi River. In 1906, the museum moved to Forest Park and was rededicated as the St. Louis Museum of Fine Arts.

Gilcrease Orchard is a family ranch and orchard formed in 1920 by Elda and Leonard Gilcrease, as well as their sons John Theodore and William Orr. Leonard came from Lemoore, California, and met Elda at UNR, where both were pursing bachelors' degrees. They married and used Elda's inheritance from her family to purchase 900 aachres in the Las Vegas Valley for a family ranch and farm. The couple divorced in 1930 and Elda ran the farm by herself until her death in 1968, passing it on to her son's to continue the family business.