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Questa, E. J. , 1898-1962

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E. J. Questa was born in 1898. He was the president of the First National Bank of Nevada and was an influential businessman in Nevada. He died on February 10, 1962 in a plane crash thirty miles northeast of Tonopah, Nevada while he and Newton J. Crumley were flying to Elko, Nevada.

Sources:

Nevada Banking History Collection, 1870-1976. MS-00257. Special Collections and Archives,

University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada

Milano, Toni R. “ELKO 100: Newton Hunt Crumley.” Elko Daily Free Press, March 17, 2016. https://elkodaily.com/lifestyles/elko-100-newton-hunt-crumley/article_63534852-df6d-5a37-bea0-418c77b87e53.html.