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Oral history interview with Howard Heckethorn conducted by Richard Eitland on February 15, 1979 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Mr. Heckethorn describes going to school in the early days of Las Vegas, Nevada. He also talks about many notable teachers he had, as well as the development of the Las Vegas area. Heckethorn also discusses his arrival to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1930, and recalls the Old Mormon Fort, El Rancho, The Last Frontier, and the tourism that gambling brought to the city. Heckethorn discusses the 1960s, and the impact Howard Hughes had in the development of hotels and casinos.
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B-roll of Pioneer Hotel and Gambling Hall in Laughlin, Nevada. Boats pass by on the river, camera pans to a man and woman talking and standing by the water. Audio abruptly begins, and a woman is giving the couple direction as the camera rolls. Couple then appear on the beach, and the neon signs are visible as the sun begins to set; couple speak to another infront of Vegas Vic sign, then move to a boat on the river, and then ends with the couple talking inside a Pioneer Hotel room. Original media U-matic S, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486.
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