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McWilliams, J. T. (John Thomas), 1863-1941
Nevada pioneer, engineer, and surveyor John Thomas (J.T.) McWilliams was born in Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada, on December 10, 1863. In 1879, he moved to Detroit, Michigan, before settling in Chicago, Illinois in 1883. While in Chicago, McWilliams studied civil engineering at the University of Chicago, and in 1884 he began surveying for the Northern Pacific Railroad.
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Miller, Lewis Gibson, 1931-
Lewis Gibson Miller was born on March 8, 1931, in Los Angeles, California. Lewis married Ann Johnson in April of 1987, and they had five children: Alisa, Michon, Tiffany, Marc, and Marta. Miller graduated from high school and attended two years of college. Then he attended Navy Electronic School and Navy specialty training. Miller served two and a half years in the United States Navy aboard the USS Wiseman DE 667.
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Mitchum, Robert (1917-1997)
Robert Mitchum was an actor known for playing in the genres of film noir and westerns. He was born August 6, 1917 as Robert Charles Durman in Bridgeport, Connecticut and died July 1, 1997 in Santa Barbara, California. Mitchum’s arrest for marijuana possession in August 1948 and almost ended his acting career, but Howard Robard Hughes Jr. intervened to defend Mitchum and enlist him for films including His Kind of Woman, where Mitchum co-starred with Jane Russell and Vincent Price.
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Mitrani, Frank, 1931-
Frank Mitrani was a professional photographer who worked for the Las Vegas Review-Journal and started his own photography business, Mitrani Photographs. Mitrani was also a founding member of the Las Vegas Media Group, a group dedicated to preserving the history of Las Vegas and Nevada, which disbanded in 2017.
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"Who Are We?" Las Vegas Media Group Blog. Accessed December 17, 2018. http://lasvegasmediagroup.blogspot.com/p/about-us.html
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