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Hicks, Harriett Thornton
Harriett Thornton Hicks was born June 8, 1913,in Parowan,Utah; the thirteenth
child of 14. She tells of her pioneer family who dwelled in two log cabins—one for
cooking and one for sleeping. In 1931, she moved to Las Vegas to join two older sisters
who had relocated here. She was picked up at the train by young Charles Hicks, who was
a friend of her sisters. Charles had a car and offered to provide transportation. Within
three years, the two were married. She quit her drug store job to raise a family and he
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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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