Maurice “Maury” Halfon Behar was born August 27, 1938 in Biarritz, France and spent his early childhood in Bayonne, France. On January 12, 1944, the Nazis took his parents from their home, but Behar was left behind due to a bout with measles. He was then cared for by his neighbor, Marie Cazous, passing as her son, until he was adopted by relatives from the United States and moved to New York City, New York in 1947.
Politician Oran Kenneth Gragson was the longest serving mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada, a position he held from 1959 to 1975. He was born February 14, 1911, near Tucamari, New Mexico. In 1919, his family moved to Arkansas, then later to Texas. Gragson came to the Las Vegas area in 1932, and worked at the Hoover Dam for a short time before finding employment in highway construction. He managed the Boulder Inn Casino and Dance Hall for a brief time, and later opened the North Main Furniture Store, followed by the Charleston Appliance Center.
53 x 68 cm. "Industrial center of Nevada, gateway to Lake Mead." Includes advertisements. Index, advertisements, and inset map of Las Vegas area on verso. "Copyright 1981." Original publisher: Chamber of Commerce (Henderson, Nev.). Original publisher: Chamber of Commerce (Henderson, Nev.)
'Geo. F. Cram, engraver and publisher.' Scale [ca. 1:1,584,000. 1 in. to approx. 25 miles] (W 120°--W 114°/N 42°--N 35°). Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Counties outlined in color. Shows railroads, forest reserves, mines, Indian reservations, and springs. Shows range and township grid. Indexes on verso to both Nevada and Utah maps. Atlas p. numbers in right margin: 124-125. G.F. Cram.