Raymond Rawson was born in the rural Utah community of Sandy in 1940. His family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1950. He was a member of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas' first graduating class. He went on to became a dentist and also served in the Nevada State Legislature and on the UNLV Board of Regents.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.