Janice Allen was raised in Sebring, Ohio and moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1948. Allen attended Wesleyan College in West Virginia where she wrote for the college’s newspaper and served as class secretary. After her move to Las Vegas, Allen wrote for the Las Vegas Review-Journal. She was involved in many civic organizations such as the Service League, which would later be renamed the Las Vegas Junior League, the Junior Chamber of Commerce Wives, and the Jaycees.

Martin Lopez-Castillo was born in the small town of La Perla, Cuautitlán Izcalli in the State of Mexico. He grew up in a large Catholic family and was taught the meaning of hard work from a young age. Competitive by nature, he excelled in academics and always understood the importance of receiving an education. He left his hometown, immigrating to Phoenix, Arizona, and finally reached Colorado, where he worked as a cook for a Village Inn.

Helen M. Clark was born in July 1921 in Memphis, Tennessee. In her lifetime she has been a stenographer, real estate secretary, real estate agent, and a cashier. In this interview she discusses why she moved to Las Vegas with her family and why she was homeschooled, and then discusses her life in Las Vegas during the Great Depression, prostition, and the mob influence.

Larry Henley was born in Portland, Oregon in 1957. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1973. He enrolled at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 1975 and recieved his theatre degree in 1980. He was part of the stage crew at UNLV and segued into a profesional staff position in 1988. As of May 23, 2007 he is the director of artistic programming and production at the Performing Arts Center.

Patricia Bearce was born in 1938 and moved to Nevada in 1940 when she was two years old. She was educated in Southern Nevada and attended Las Vegas High School. She attended Nevada College of Commerce. She worked in a few offices and then went to work for Episcopal Church until her daughter Debbie was born. Bearce was married on July 06, 1957.

Harry A. Brown was born in Independence, Missouri in 1912. Brown moved to Las Vegas, Nevada with his wife in 1934 during the Great Depression in order to start working on the construction of Boulder Dam. Brown continued his occupation as a carpenter throughout the years while living in Las Vegas and resided in several properties with his family in Las Vegas and North Las Vegas.

Bess Hanson was born in Laramie, Wyoming on July 28, 1918. Her family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada for Hanson's father's career with the Union Pacific Railroad. The family moved to Nevada in February of 1919, when Hanson was only six months old. Hanson was educated in Las Vegas and graduated from high school in Las Vegas in 1931. Hanson married Jack Hanson in 1941