In 1980, Mirna Preciado arrived from Tijuana, Mexico. She spoke no English but had always wanted to live in the United States. When her family decided to immigrate, she decided to reach for her American dream. The Culinary Workers Union Local 226 made her dream a reality. Mirna’s husband wanted her to be a stay-at-home mom but the idea of working and buying her own bread tugged at her. She gave in to the pull of wanting more and became a waitress at the new Margarita’s Restaurant in the Frontier Hotel. Though she liked her work, she was bothered by the other workers with requests to join the union. They even followed her home and knocked on her front door. Finally, she listened. Soon, those harassers became her guardian angels. In 1991, she went out on the longest strike in Culinary Union history – 6 years, 4 months, and 10 days. Her leadership and organizing skills came to the fore and in 1999, she joined the ranks of Culinary Union management, first as an organizer, then trainer, director,

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.A. Carver, Carver-Duhme, and Carver-Book Families (Smoky Valley). Doby Doc Caudill lived in Carlin, Nevada, and had amassed a large collection of memorabilia of early Nevada history. He later sold his collection to the Last Frontier Casino in Las Vegas. One of the items in Doby Doc’s collection was this old steampowered locomotive, which was hauled to Las Vegas by way of Highway 50 and the Round Mountain turnoff out of Austin, then on to Tonopah and Las Vegas. The side of the train says "PAT McCARRAN SPECIAL".