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Eisinger, Von
Von Eisinger was born in 1934. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada from Southern California in 1952 because of better work opportunities there. In Nevada, he worked as a truck driver, warehouseman, and a business agent for the Teamsters Union.
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Emerson, David
David W. Emerson was born in Littleton, Massachusetts. His father, a mining engineer, moved the family to Mexico twice, once when he was one year old and again when he was seven. In 1938, his father retired to work on his apple orchard in
Littleton. Emerson helped with pruning, spraying and dusting for insects, and hauling apples to the cider mill.
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Eppenger, Jerry, 1945-
Jerry Eppenger was born in 1945 and moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1953. His father worked at the Nevada Test Site and his mother owned her own restaurant. The family lived on Las Vegas' Westside, where he often hung out at Smokey's Pool Hall.
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Evans, Steve, 1954-
Steve Evans was born in Henderson, Nevada. He grew up in the Carver Park community. Evans left Las Vegas, Nevada for a few years to pursue a career in social justice and activism. He returned to Las Vegas and has been involved in community service, worked as a City Planning Comissioner, and a Chair of the Downtown Design Review.
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Fernald, Charles Nur, 1939-
Dancer Charles Nur Fernald first came to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1963 to perform for five weeks in the Kay Starr Show at the Sahara Hotel and again in 1964 working with Donn Arden for three months at the Desert Inn Hotel. Born in Detroit, Michigan, in 1939, Fernald moved several times to various places in Arizona and southern California with his parents, Charles Knox Fernald and Marguerite Marie Higgins Fernald, and half-siblings before settling in Hollywood, California, where he remained (except for his short stints in Las Vegas) from 1961 to 1967.
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Fong, Kenneth W., 1955-
When Kenneth Fong was born November 11 1955, the family lived in a modest home on 20th and Stewart in Las Vegas, Nevada. When he entered third-grade, his parents moved his family to a newer subdivision near Rancho and West Charleston Avenue: the Scotch 80s. Their new custom home on Silver Avenue reflected Asian architecture and the family’s Chinese cultural heritage.
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Ellsworth, Emma, 1902-1988
Emma Ellsworth was born in Payson, Utah on September 25, 1902. She moved to Pioche, Nevada shortly after getting married to her husband. She later moved to Las Vegas, Nevada and raised her children there.
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Ford, Lyla Joy Foremaster, 1929-
Lyla Joy Foremaster Ford was born December 12, 1928 in Las Vegas, Nevada and has a career as a decorator for the Tropicana Hotel. Her family owned the Old Ranch, now known as Stewart Ranch.
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Foremaster, Emma Richard, 1899-1991
Emma Richard Foremaster was born in 1899 in Alamo, Nevada and passed away June 3, 1991.
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