Katie Ford was born April 13, 1929 in Ely, Nevada. Her family lived in multiple cities in the state before moving to Beatty, Nevada when Ford was two years old. She worked at her family’s gas station and hotel while she was a teenager. When Ford moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1945, she continued her career as a waitress.

Erma Cunningham (1912-2003) taught school throughout Southern Nevada. She was born October 26, 1912 in Granby, Missouri. Cunningham taught in one-room schools in Beatty and Nelson, Nevada and retired from Gordon McCaw Elementary School in Henderson, Nevada. She passed away on March 9, 2003, in Henderson, Nevada.

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"Obituary." Las Vegas Sun, March 12, 2003.