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Byrne, William
William Byrne was born in Las Vegas, Nevada. When he became mayor of Henderson, Nevada, he introduced gaming into the city through legislation in 1959.
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Newton, Mabel B., 1908-1984
Mabel B. Newton was born in Kansas on February 2, 1908. She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1945. Mabel passed away in May 1984.
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Rawson, Linda (1940 October 31-)
Linda Downey Rawson was born on October 31, 1940 in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was married to Raymond D. Rawson. She was a homemaker.
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Frank F. Watts Collection of Casino Memorabilia
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The Frank F. Watts Collection of Casino Memorabilia (1880-1990) consists of gaming tokens and chips, matchbooks, and other memorabilia from Nevada and international casinos. The collection also contains items related to early Northern Nevada history including a salt ledger from 1880 as well as a wanted poster from 1913.
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Brown, Gregory S. (Gregory Stephen)
Gregory Brown came to Las Vegas in 1998 to take a postion teaching history at UNLV. His future wife Jessica, who is the Web Portal Content Coordinator at UNLV, had lived here off and on as a child and moved back to Las Vegas in 2000. They bought a home in the John S. Park Neighborhood in 2002.
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