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Ferron, William Ewart
Born in Salt Lake City on February 23, 1887, William E. Ferron, graduated from
the College of Pharmacy at Philadelphia, and later went to South America where
he was involved in gold mining enterprises. Ferron arrived in Las Vegas in 1916,
and partnered with Dr. Roy Martin in establishing the Las Vegas Pharmacy at the
northwest corner of First and Fremont.
He married Ruth Cooper of Salt Lake City in 1917 and they lived for many years
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Shockley, May Bradford, 1879-1977
May Bradford was born May 11, 1879 in Missouri. Her parents named her Cora May, but she almost always went by the name May. Growing up, she lived in mining camps in New Mexico, Colorado, and Oregon, where her father worked. She graduated from high school in Carthage, Missouri. She attended Stanford and studied art and mathematics, earning her degree in 1902. She then taught high school for one year in Seattle, Washington to earn the money to go to Paris and study art and was able to spend the next year in Paris.
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Unger, Robert G. "Bob"
Bob Unger is a businessman and real estate developer in Henderson, Nevada. A long-time resident of the Las Vegas Valley, Unger attended Valley High School and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. After attending Southwestern University School of Law in Los Angeles, California, Unger practiced law in Las Vegas from 1977 to 1989. He represented business on the Strip and in real estate before undertaking his own development projects. He is president of Unger Development and is responsible for the Showcase Mall on the Las Vegas Strip and the Tuscany neighborhood in Henderson.
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History of Blue Diamond Village in Nevada Oral History Project
This is the history of Blue Diamond Village. Blue Diamond is located 26 miles southwest of Las Vegas. The village, originally known as Cottonwood Springs, changed its name when the Blue Diamond Company took ownership of the Gypsum mine and built corporate housing for the workers in the early '20s. Near the base of the Red Rock canyon, Blue Diamond Village was originally a stop on the Old Spanish Trail for traders from Santa Fe, N.M., to California between 1830 and 1848, according to the history committee's findings.
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