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Robert Lee Farnsworth was born July 3, 1909 in Chicago, Illinois. He lived in Las Vegas, Nevada for forty-three years where he worked as a real estate appraiser. He was the founder and president of United States Rocket Society, president of Tannisee Uranium Mining Co., and involved with the Masons and Shriners organizations. He passed away August 3, 1989.

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"Robert Farnsworth," Las Vegas Review-Journal, August 13, 1998: page 18.

Lee Henry Lisby was born July 01, 1902 in Louisiana. In 1942, Lisby moved from Tallulah, Louisiana to Las Vegas, Nevada, where he found success in owning real estate. He retired as a sawmill worker, truck driver, construction laborer, and hotel porter. His first housing was an old Army hospital tent, and then he built a house. All of his ten children graduated from high school in Las Vegas.