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Bunker Mountain Home, 1994 July 23

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Alton Dean Jensen Architectural Records
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Collection Number: MS-00843
Collection Name: Alton Dean Jensen Architectural Records
Box/Folder: Roll 040

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Transcript of interview with Sara Denton by Claytee White, July 13, 2015

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2015-07-13

Description

Sara Denton loves life, laughter, and wonderful adventures. She is the mother of four children, a Distinguished Nevadan, lover of books and art, political campaign organizer, community activist, and friend. Sara is one of the founders of Boulder City’s most successful philanthropic fundraisers, Art in the Park. Denton was born in Paducah, Kentucky, into a family of readers and thinkers. Therefore, when the opportunity arose, at 18 years of age, to move the Washington, DC to work in the Signal Corps, she seized the opportunity. From the vantage point of her apartment, she could see the Secret Service assisting Franklin D. Roosevelt into his limousine at the back door of the White House. His polio was hidden from the public but this diversion allowed Sara and her friends to greet and be greeted by their hero. While in DC, Sara worked for General Hayes and one day struck up a conversation with a young soldier, Ralph Denton. Soon they married and moved to his home state, Nevada. After several years in Elko, NV, the Dentons moved to Las Vegas where Sara worked in the campaigns of Grant Sawyer, Howard Cannon, and Alan Bible. Moving the family to Boulder City though, was the wisest relocation by the family because the children grew up in a caring community with good schools. And the city provided the opportunity for Sara’s creativity to flow in many directions including travel, entrepreneurship, philanthropy, and community building efforts. This interview is filled with laughter. I enjoyed the conversation.

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Atlantic City gaming statistics, 1985

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Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00561
Collection Name: Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
Box/Folder: Box 161

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Sands Casino Atlantic City, 2006

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Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00561
Collection Name: Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
Box/Folder: Box 242

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City organizations and contacts, 1966 to 1989

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Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce Records
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Collection Number: MS-00366
Collection Name: Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce Records
Box/Folder: Box 03

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City of North Las Vegas, 1981

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Ruby Duncan Collection on Operation Life
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Collection Number: MS-00367
Collection Name: Ruby Duncan Collection on Operation Life
Box/Folder: Box 16

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Boulder City Drugs by K. O. Wirtz, undated

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Company Mobility Histories Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00763
Collection Name: Company Mobility Histories Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01

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City Drugs by Kenneth J. Baxter, 1972

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Company Mobility Histories Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00763
Collection Name: Company Mobility Histories Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01

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Kansas City trip, 1996 January

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Stardust Resort and Casino Records
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Collection Number: MS-00515
Collection Name: Stardust Resort and Casino Records
Box/Folder: Box 109

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