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Fyhen, Ragnald, 1884-1971
Ragnald “Rags” Fyhen was an original member of the Nevada Central Labor Council. He was a labor organizer in the Clark County area. Fyhen was born in Tromso, Norway on August 1, 1884.
Fyhen was a machinist by trade. He came to Clark County in 1934 to work on the Hoover Dam and founded the Central Labor Council with some colleagues, which was instrumental in negotiating the labor agreement with Six Companies, Inc. to complete the dam. He served as the secretary-treasurer for the Central Labor Council from 1934 to 1947.
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Kizziar, John T., 1910-2000
John Thomas Kizziar Jr. was born in Cleburne, Texas on May 10, 1910 to John Thomas Kizziar Sr. and Mattie Lee Tarter. He was a worker employed by Six Companies Inc. during the contruction of Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam) in the early 1930s, where he resided in Boulder City, Nevada. He married Barbara Leona Myers on October 1, 1937. Kizziar died on July 21, 2000 in Fullerton, California.
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Emery, Murl, 1903-1981
Murl Emery was born June 07, 1903 in Colton, California. In the 1930s and 1940s, Emery wandered and boated in previously unexplored areas of the Colorado River. During this time, he started a ferry company that brought Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam) workers to construction sites and also gave tours of Cottonwood Cove, a recreation area which he helped develop. Murl Emery passed away in March 1981 at his home in Boulder City, Nevada.
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Wieking, Henry C., 1906-1998
Henry C. Wieking was born January 5, 1906 in Alameda, California. He worked as a draftsman in Oakland, California until 1929, when the United States Bureau of Reclamation hired Wieking to work in Las Vegas, Nevada. He moved to Las Vegas in approximately September of 1929, and he worked on the construction of Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam) and the reconstruction of the Las Vegas Mormon Fort. Wieking died May 25, 1998 in Pleasant Hill, California.
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Thomas, Therese, 1917-2001
Therese Courture Thomas was born July 5, 1917 in Thistle, Utah. Her father, Earnest "Earl" Courture, worked as a railroad worker, a steel worker, and a building contractor as her family moved around Utah. After the Wall Street Crash of 1929, Thomas's father moved to Las Vegas, Nevada to work on Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam) construction, later moving the rest of the family with him in approximately 1931. Thomas worked as amusican in swing and dance bands. She died October 26, 2001.
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