Norman Ty Hilbrecht was born in San Diego, California. His family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1942. Hilbrecht was a member of the Nevada Senate from 1974-1978.

Alfred Parkinson and Fred Schoonmaker were a couple who moved to a ghost town in Rhyolite, Nevada and attempted to create a gay residential area called Stonewall Park.

Lera, Bridget. “Queer Cities and Their Temporary Monuments.” Nevada Humanities. Nevada Humanities, September 10, 2020. https://www.nevadahumanities.org/blog/2020/9/9/queer-cities-and-their-temporary-monuments.

Nancy Craddock was born February 25, 1922. She was married to Dr. John Craddock and moved to Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Nevada with him in 1952. She built her home in the Twin Lakes area in Las Vegas and was a medical lab technician at Sunrise Hospital.