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Collins, Gene, 1943-
Gene Collins was born to Gertha and Isaac Collins in Lake Providence, Louisiana. Gene's mother relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada in the 1950's with his sisters but Gene stayed in Louisiana with his grandparents until college and then migrated to Las Vegas in 1966. Gene and his family lived in West Las Vegas which at the time was a thriving community due to segregation on the Strip. Gene worked as an operator's engineer at the Nevada Test Site and later trained as an engineer.
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Bland, Ora L., 1933-
Ora Bland migrated to Las Vegas in 1953 from Vicksburg, Mississippi. Her husband was a radiologist and worked in Area 51 of the Nevada Test Site. He never shared information about his work and would sometimes stay at the Test Site for a week or more without coming into the city. Bland remembers the Westside business community when the Brown Derby, the Mexican store, Johnson Malt Shoppe, and Bravo Market existed. An extremely independent person, she handled most of the childcare and worked at the downtown post office (now MOB Museum) for 20 years.
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Kiel, Conrad
Conrad Kiel was an early settler of southern Nevada who moved to the state in 1871 and owned Kyle Ranch (an alternate spelling of his surname) in modern day North Las Vegas, Nevada. Conrad Kiel was born February 26, 1907 in Union City, Pennsylvannia and migrated to southern Nevada to operate a saw mill in Kyle Canyon near Mount Charleston and a ranch in North Las Vegas, Nevada that sold goods to the miners in the area. Conrad Kiel passed away at his ranch on January 3, 1894 at the age of 86.
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