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Bell, Rex, Jr., 1934-2011
Rex A. Bell Jr. was born December 16, 1934 in Santa Monica, California to Rex Bell and Clara Bow. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1934. Bell has lived in both Reno, Nevada and Las Vegas. Bell Jr. has worked as a clothing store owner, a Justice of the Peace, and a legal advisor to the Las Vegas Metro Police Department. He married his wife, Dorothy, on October 16, 2000. Bell Jr. passed away in 2011.
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Blood, Leonard T., 1894-1962
District Deputy Labor Commissioner Leonard Blood worked for the Las Vegas Labor Commission, hiring employees for the construction of the Boulder (later renamed Hoover) Dam from 1931 to 1938 in Nevada. Blood, born on November 7, 1894, came to Nevada from Lincoln, Nebraska with his parents, William Blood, a train conductor and his mother, Carrie Blood, a nurse. During Blood's time as the District Deputy Labor Commissioner, it was his responsibility to hire employees for the construction of the Boulder Dam.
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Bohn, Henry J. (Henry John), 1855-1931
Born the son of German immigrants on February 7, 1855, Henry J. Bohn worked first on the family farm, then as a telegrapher and in a printing office before moving to Chicago in 1876. At age twenty-three, he became foreman in a newspaper office; this initial work in publishing led to a lifetime of work as owner and editor of Hotel World, which he purchased in 1879. For many years, Bohn worked alongside his brother, John J.
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