The Graglia Family was one of the first non-indigenous families to move to Las Vegas, Nevada at the
beginning of the twentieth century. Joseph and Frances Graglia moved to Canada from Italy, and then
made their way to the United States in 1890. They settled in Southern Nevada sometime before 1913.
Parish records at Las Vegas’s first Catholic church, St. Joan of Arc, document their church activities.

Politician Oran Gragson was the longest-serving mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada, a position he held from 1959 to 1975. He was born February 14, 1911, near Tucamari, New Mexico. In 1919 his family moved to Arkansas, then later to Texas. Gragson came to the Las Vegas area in 1932, and worked at the Hoover Dam for a short time before finding employment in highway construction. He later managed the Boulder Inn Casino and Dance Hall and then became part owner of a new and used furniture store. He later opened the North Main Furniture Store, followed by the Charleston Appliance Center.