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Maxwell Kelch

A radio man with a gift for promotion, KENO’s first owner proved to the rest of Las Vegas that publicity is everything.

Benjamin Siegel

The mobster with the movie star looks and the certifiable paranoia brought Las Vegas much more attention after his death than he did during his short life.

Thomas Young

A father of six with a flair for lettering found his niche in the neon-bathed streets of a fledgling gambling town called Las Vegas.

Edmund Converse

A wealthy man who wanted to make his own way in the world brought Southern Nevada into the commuter aviation age by developing its own scheduled airline.

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Florence Murphy

A female flier when soaring through the clouds was a man’s domain, she helped put Las Vegas on the aviation map and bring commercial air travel to the valley.

Steve Hannagan

Without ever living in Las Vegas, a publicist left his mark on the town.

Harvey Diederich

Publicity played a big part in Las Vegas’ formative years as a resort destination, and one publicist used every cornball stunt he could think of to get hotels’ showgirls global exposure.

Moe Dalitz

Shady dealings did little to dull the luster that this private man brought to the city of glitz

Robbins Cahill

Despite having little authority, this tax collector had enough bluff and bluster to force the likes of Bugsy Siegel to pay his gaming fees, thus paving the way for Nevada’s control over the industry.

Del E. Webb

A developer, who did much more than just build houses, will continue to have an impact on Las Vegas well into the next millennium.

C.D. Baker

With his no-nonsense approach, former Las Vegas Mayor C.D. Baker helped bring the city’s dilapidated infrastructure out of the Depression and into the modern era.

Alfred O’Donnell

Proving himself up to the task on the Nevada Proving Grounds

Ernest Becker

Taking his cue from Howard Hughes, a Southern Californian found the land on the west side of Las Vegas to be a bountiful construction spot for thousands of houses.

George ‘Bud’ Albright

Not willing to bet his town’s future on a roll of the dice, a county commissioner pushed and received backing for an unconventional idea amid all this gaming

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