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Hansley, C. E.
C.E. Hansley was born in North Central Arkansas. He left Arkansas in 1898 for West Texas. In Texas, Hansley went to school until the third grade and he came to Nevada in 1950 for mining work. Besides mining, Hansley also worked in mills and as a dish washer when he was younger. He had four daughters.
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Boyd, William Walter, 1906-1997
William W. Boyd was born in McNeil, Arkansas on January 27th, 1906. McNeil went to school until the 10th grade and then went to work in the oil fields of Arkansas. Boyd moved to Nevada in 1945. Boyd worked as a professional poker player and managed the poker room of the Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino.
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Buxton, Eddie Ernest, 1938-
Eddie Ernest Buxton was born June 28, 1938 in Las Vegas, Nevada. His relatives were the May Brothers, including Ernest May, who was the first law enforcement officer to be killed on the job in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was an officer for Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD).
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Watson, Susan
Susan Watson was born in 1944 in Syracuse, New York and moved to Nevada when she was three years old. After a year in Boulder City, Nevada, her father bought an old army barrack and converted it to a home in North Las Vegas, Nevada. She attended Rancho High School and graduated in the first class of 1962.
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Brinkerhoff-Jacobs, Julie
Julie Brinkerhoff-Jacobs was born to Don and Barbara Brinkerhoff in 1952 in Southern California. She spent her early life growing up in California, and Europe where father was studying. She joined her parents landscape architecture firm, Lifescapes International in 1982.
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Lombardo, Charlie
Charlie Lombardo was origionally from Buffalo, New York. He came to Las Vegas in 1968 when when he joined the Air Force when he worked as machinist. In his interview, he talks about his position there and how he witnessed the MGM fire of 1980, and how they worked to repaire the property.
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Spire Bruner, Lucile, 1909-1998
Lucile Spire Bruner was born in Chautauqua County, Kansas. She founded the Las Vegas Art League in 1950 after she moved to Las Vegas, Nevada from Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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Cope, Frank, 1930-
Frank Cope was born in Kansas in 1930 and moved to Las vegas with his family when he was soz months old. He talks about the schools he attended, and his position as the distribution superintendent at the Las Vegas Valley Water District. He also discusses how he met his wife.
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Frost Eglington, Earle, 1890-1981
Earle Eglington was born in 1890 moved to Las Vegas in 1911 and married Olive Lake. The couple remained in Las Vegas until the 1980s, witnessing the dramatic growth of the region. Earle died in 1981.
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Pappas, John H., 1888-1981
John H. Pappas was born in Greece on March 15, 1888. He moved to the United States in 1904, and eventually settled in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1929 where he worked on railroad construction and later the Hoover (Boulder) Dam construction. He passed away in Nevada in August 1981.
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