Katie Ford was born April 13, 1929 in Ely, Nevada. Her family lived in multiple cities in the state before moving to Beatty, Nevada when Ford was two years old. She worked at her family’s gas station and hotel while she was a teenager. When Ford moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1945, she continued her career as a waitress.

Pauline Barlow’s family moved to southern Nevada when she was 15 years old because her dad was promised employment in construction. She attended high school in Colorado, and moved back to Las Vegas, Nevada when she was 16.

Joseph Gemma was born October 25, 1934 in Norwalk, Connecticut. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1953 looking for a chance at better living opportunities. He started working for Anderson Dairy that year and became the production manager in 1971.

Fred Gibson was born on May 24, 1927 in Golden, Colorado. He studied Japanese at Yale University and he went to the University of Nevada, Reno. He ran Pacific Engineering and Production Company of Nevada and was a trustee director of the Nevada Development Authority. He was very involved in the development of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas College of Engineering.

Jeanne Maxwell Williams was born August 25, 1924 in Scarsdale, New York. Williams married Ed Wilson, son of Charles Wilson, President of General Motors, and left for Las Vegas, Nevada in 1965. Williams worked at The Summa Corporation as a Women’s Events Coordinator. She kept the wives of golfers busy with luncheons featuring speakers like Ann Landers, and David Frost. But soon Williams married Jack Kent Cooke, one-time owner of the Los Angeles Lakers. She moved with him to Virginia where her art career dwindled.

Will Provance was born in Mississippi and grew up mostly in St. Louis, Missouri, where he earned his undergraduate degree at the University of Missouri before earning a Master’s in Business Administration from Shiller University. Provance attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas where he earned a Master of Science in Hotel Administration. He started in the gaming industry as a pool manager at Sunset Station, and became slot analyst before entering Station Casinos’ management development program.

Connie Hill Sheldon was born November 16, 1944 in Oklahoma and spent her early years in southern California before moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1956 with her family. In Las Vegas, Sheldon and her siblings attended Sunrise Acres Elementary School before going to Rancho High School, and the family was active with Homesite Baptist Church. While she was at Rancho High, Sheldon worked at the Huntridge Theater, and she continued working there after she graduated. In 1968, Sheldon married fellow Rancho Class of 1962 classmate, Clyde, in Goldfield, Nevada.