Horacio Lopez was born on January 12, 1938, in Cordova, New Mexico to Elias and Cordelia Lopez. Lopez describes his hometown as self-sufficient and self-reliant and that his family grew their own food and raised livestock. His father only received a second-grade education and worked as a miner.
“My goal with [pageantry] was: I just want to have as much impact as possible within the community, and then, self-servingly, it’s an amazing networking opportunity; you meet tons and tons of people, and so that’s what I did.”
Barbara Tabach interviews Jewish Las Vegas residents at two seperate panel events held in the Goldfield Room in Lied Library on the University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus. Roundtable participants on January 31, 2016 are Lori Chenin-Frankl, Lizzie Fuchs, Nancy Katz, Bill Mason, and Daryl Morris. Participants on February 28, 2016 are David Cherry, Michelle Dahan, Cara Goodman, Jessica Hutchings, Heather Klein, and Marty Weinberg. Recorded by Vegas PBS.
Newspaper article about Orien Stevens who worked on railroad for 48 years, from 1925 to 1973. The article discusses his retirement, positions he was able to hold, and work environment.