Photographer Jamey Stillings was born in 1955 and grew up in Oregon. Stillings is the principal photographer for Jamey Stillings Photography, Inc. He has a BA in Art from Willamette University in Salem, Oregon and an MFA in Photography from the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York. Stillings’ work spans fine art, documentary, and commissioned projects including The Bridge at Hoover Dam and The Evolution of Ivanpah Solar.
Video production work created by Steven Patchin for clients like the Clark County Parks and Recreation Department and the Southern Nevada Jazz Society. Videos include content of Jazz musician interviews, various parks activities, Las Vegas history, and work on the Clark County Wetlands Park.
Pearl Francis Neeley was a teacher in rural Nevada during the 1920s, where she taught in various schools throughout Lincoln, Nye, and White Pine counties. She was born on July 27, 1901 in Eagle Valley, Nevada, to Selina Corilla Hammond and David Francis.
The Samoset Chapter is the Las Vegas chapter of the National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century, an “organization of women who are lineal descendants of an ancestor who lived and served prior to 1701 in one of the Original Colonies in the geographical area of the present United States of America.” The Samoset Chapter was organized in 1970 and chartered in 1971. Members take part in genealogical research, support of education through various activities, and preservation of historic sites and documents.