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Margaret Crabbe oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00300

Archival Collection

Adela Montes de Oca oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03532

Archival Collection

Bartolo, Karen (Karen Sarret), 1943-

Karen Sarret Bartolo moved to Las Vegas, Nevada from Reno at five years of age in 1948 with her family. Her father opened Sarret's Office Supply. Karen was a member of the Las Vegas High School Rhythmettes, a dance team. She was baptized at 15 as a Mormon and graduated from Brigham Young University. Karen was an elementary school teacher in Sandy, Utah, and at several schools in Las Vegas.

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James, Audrey, 1914-

Audrey James was born July 13, 1914 in Columbia, Mississippi. She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1952 and over the course of her decades in Las Vegas, she has worked as an elementary school teacher. James has always been an active church member and continues to be involved in food bank operations to feed the poor. She has traveled the world and spearheaded a book drive to benefit children in the African countries she has visited.

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Jackson Ferguson, Edna

Edna Jackson-Ferguson was born October 15, 1897 in Overbrook, Kansas. She married her husband, who worked on the construction of Hoover (Boulder) Dam, on May 17, 1923 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Before moving permanently to Las Vegas, Jackson-Ferguson was a teacher in Idaho. On July 1, 1930, the Jackson family made their way to Nevada, but they weren’t able to move to Boulder City until a year later after the town was built.

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