John Lytle (left) and Sherman "Scoop" Garside (right) at Emigrant (Fremont) Gap on the Old Spanish Trail. Emigrant Gap is a gap in a ridge on the California Trail as it crosses the Sierra Nevada, to the west of what is now known as Donner Pass. Here the cliffs are so steep that, back in the 1840s, the pioneers on their way to California had to lower their wagons on ropes in order to continue. The first official effort to mark the Old Spanish Trail across Nevada took place in 1964 when the Governor of Nevada asked Sherwin "Scoop" Garside to design and implement a Centennial project to help commemorate the Silver State's 100th birthday. Garside proposed that an appropriate Centennial project would be to mark the trace of the Old Spanish Trail across southern Nevada. The Governor concurred and directed the Nevada State government to cooperate in the project. Garside and his associate John Lytle brought together a group of friends and supporters to help fund and fabricate the white concrete posts that were used to mark the trace of the Old Spanish Trail across the state. Members of an affiliate of the local Boy Scouts of America Council helped erect thirty-three of these markers across the Mojave Desert in southern Nevada and Eastern California. The markers are inscribed with the legend "The Old Spanish Trail, 1829-1855." There are four Old Spanish Trail Historical Markers located in Nevada. One is located on U. S. 91 in Mesquite, the second is located in Fantasy Park, 1/4 mile east of Las Vegas Boulevard, North and Washington Avenue in Las Vegas, the third is located at Town Center in Blue Diamond, and the fourth is located on State 16 at Mountain Springs Summit. In 2001, the section of the Trail that runs across Nevada from the Arizona border to California (known as the "Old Spanish Trail-Mormon Road Historic District") was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
A meeting of Bonanza Airline Executives in Las Vegas, Nevada. From left to right, the men attending the meeting include John Hays (Phoenix Station Manager), Darrel Zickafoose (San Diego Station Manager), General Joe Battley (Sands Executive), Bernie Novia (Director of Station Operations), G. Robert Henry (Executive Vice President), Richard Hart (Arizona Station Manager), and Art Armstrong (Salt Lake City Station Manager).
Bonanza Airline Officers and Station Managers in Las Vegas, Nevada. From left to right, the seated men in the first row include: Frank Chabot (Treasurer), Noland Ryan (Assistant to President), General Joe Battley (Sands Executive), G. Robert Henry (Executive Vice President), and Thomas Magners (Regional Manager of Stations). From left to right, the men standing in the back row include: Glenn Woods (Reno), Blaine Barney (Cedar City), Ed Wolfe (Las Vegas), Larry Ecklund (Blyth), Henry Puryear (Yuma), Ray Vaughn (Santa Ana), and Robert Yeager (El Centro).
General Motors Acceptance Corporation executives headed by Mr. V.T. Meehan Jr. (center) at the Emerald Room lunching and film show in the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Nat King Cole (left) and Pepe Ludmir (right). Pepe was top DJ for Radio Panamericana TV in Lima, Peru. This picture was taken in Nat King Cole's dressing room at the Sands in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Pan American Association delegates at the Pan American Association of Ophthalmology with the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology in the Emerald Room at the Sands in Las Vegas, Nevada. The meeting was headed by President Jorge Valdeavellano, M.D. of Lima, Peru (second from the left).
Asher Rahav (Israel Government Tourist Office Beverly Hills), Victor Bennahum (Israel Government Tourist Office New York City), and an unknown man in the Emerald Room at the Sands in Las Vegas, Nevada.