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Postcard of James Dayton and Frank "Shorty" Harris' grave, Death Valley (Calif.), 1970s
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Photograph of McNeil Construction Co. Helldorado float, Las Vegas (Nev.), May 20, 1943
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Archival Collection
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Lowe, Celesta Adelaide Lisle, 1917-2004
"Celesta Adelaide Lowe, the first director of the UNLV library's Special Collections" (http://lasvegassun.com/news/2004/dec/14/historian-lowe-member-of-pioneer-family-dies/). See for full name on gravestone: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=93154349
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Gordon, Mike
Mike Gordon (1903 - 1992) was born Meyer Harold Gordon. He is one of the founders of Temple Beth Sholom in Las Vegas and served as Temple president from 1949 to 1951.
In 1932, Mike moved to Las Vegas with his wife, Sallie Gordon. They owned and operated liquor and grocery stores. Mike also worked as a postman and later became Clark County Secretary of the Democratic Central Committee and a member of the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce board of directors.
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Syphus, Levi Walter, 1866-1949
Levi Walter Syphus, born April 22, 1866, was a pioneer of southern Nevada who represented Lincoln County in the Nevada Legislature between 1902 and 1912. He lived in Panaca and Saint Thomas, Nevada, and died on April 14, 1949.
Sources:
“Early Mormon Missionaries: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.” Accessed November 8, 2017. https://history.lds.org/missionary/individual/levi-walter-syphus-1866?lang=eng.
“Levi Walter Syphus.” Find A Grave. Accessed November 8, 2017. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15522557.
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Bunker, Berkeley Lloyd, 1906-1999
Berkeley Bunker was born August 12, 1906 in St. Thomas, Nevada. His grandfather was a Mormon pioneer who moved the family to Southern Nevada. Bunker attended Moapa Valley High School in Overton, Nevada, and graduated from Las Vegas High School in 1926. After graduating from high school, Bunker filled a Mormon Mission for the church in the Southern States Mission. He met his wife during his mission and was married in the St. George Mormon Temple in St. George, Utah in 1933. Bunker passed away January 21, 1999.
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Deputy Sheriff Glen Henderson and Hank Records (identified from left to right).: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series I. Amargosa Valley, Nevada -- Subseries I.B. Records Family. Nye County Deputy Sheriff Glen Henderson, whose area of responsibility included Beatty, the Amargosa Valley and Pahrump; at right, Hank Records, Amargosa Valley Farm Area pioneer; celebrating in their new leather jackets in Las Vegas, Nevada. Henderson's home in the Amargosa Valley became known locally as "Fort Henderson" and is sometimes still called that.
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