"Siegfried (Siggy) Knop, NWS, studied fine arts and motion picture arts at Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles and taught architectural illustration for twelve years. His own work in the field of fine arts has been exhibited in de Young Museum in San Francisco and the Pasadena Art Museum. In 1951, while still a student, Mr. Knop was accepted into the National Watercolor Society. He remains an active member today.

Art Rader is a former Nevada State legislator who resides in Las Vegas. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in history at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

T. David Horton was an attorney who moved to Pioche, Nevada in the mid-1960s to represent the interests of John Janney, president of Pioche Mines Consolidated Inc. When Janney died in 1967, he left property in Pioche to Horton.