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Robert Griffith

While he had dreams of helping build a city brick by brick, a civil engineer soon became a civil servant whose eye on the sky brought air service to Southern Nevada.

Maude Frazier

A woman who was unimpressed with what others thought she should and should not do made a life of teaching Southern Nevada’s children to think for themselves.

Harley Harmon

As district attorney for a county just coming into its own, a self-taught lawyer set a high standard for law enforcement amid an influx of lawlessness.

A.E. Cahlan

The valley’s political and civic future was shaped in part by two brothers, one of whom built the Review-Journal into the state’s largest newspaper.

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Florence Lee Jones

Chronicling the events — whether they were tea parties or murder trials — that made Las Vegas the city it is today was this journalist’s first love; her second love was the city itself.

Frank Crowe

A civil engineer who went from public to private employment just for the chance to build Hoover Dam realized his dream and put Las Vegas and Boulder City on the map.

Sims Ely

The rigid influence of the man who controlled the lives of the workers who built Hoover Dam, and the town where they lived, is still felt in that town’s legacy of no gambling.

Mayme Stocker

To keep her railroad-working husband and sons respectable, a woman who had no background in gaming held Las Vegas’ first casino license.

Tony Cornero

After selling the trailblazing Meadows, Admiral Cornero took to the high seas, but his Stardust dreams left their mark on the Strip.

Tom Williams

A church-goer who was never a hypocrite, the man who founded North Las Vegas believed in the motto live and let live — without government interference.

Ernie Cragin

In making his dreams of Las Vegas come true, an early mayor allowed old bad habits to get in the way of equality among those who called the valley home.

Jim Cashman

A man of firsts — first automobile dealership, first community celebration, first highway to Las Vegas — found humor in almost every situation.

Thomas Hull

A visionary, whose El Rancho gave one of the more famous streets in the world its start, began a trend in hotel-casinos in Las Vegas.

Howard Eells

The man who would build the biggest magnesium plant in the world during World War II took on the big job despite considerable obstacles.

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