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Stocker, Harold J., 1900-1983

Harold Stocker was born in Reading, Pennsylvania on March 8, 1900. He and his family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1911. Harold Stocker operated Nevada Silica Sand Company in Overton, Nevada, from 1932 to 1940. He was elected to the Clark County Commission in 1938. In 1939, he built the Chief Hotel Court, and in 1948, the Desert Plaza Apartments. Stocker was state GOP chairman in the 1950s. Harold died January 9, 1983 in Las Vegas.

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Hall, Lorayne (1925-2017)

Lorrayne Wilson Hall was an educator who served as a teacher in the Clark County School District for over 40 years, contributing to public education in Southern Nevada across multiple decades.

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Stowell Whitney freighting out of Goodsprings, Nevada: photographic print

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1900 (year approximate)
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From the Relda Whitney Leavitt Photograph Collection (PH-00162) -- Stowell Edward Whitney freighting out of Goodsprings, Nevada. C. 1900.

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