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Peppers, Rick, 1938-

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Rick Peppers is a Las Vegas, Nevada resident who worked in the Blue Diamond Mine, Aladdin Hotel and Casino, and Caesars Palace Hotel and Casino. He was born March 7, 1938 in Exira, Iowa to Ruth Peppers and Sherman Peppers. Peppers moved to Blue Diamond, Nevada in 1962 and worked in various positions in Blue Diamond Mine. He later worked in the Teamsters Union at the Aladdin, and then worked forty-six years at Caesars Palace. He published the book An Ordinary Man in an Extraordinary Place at an Extraordinary Time: A Memoir in 2019.

Source:

Rick Peppers oral history interview, 2016 July 06. OH-02742. Oral History Research Center, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.