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Ralph James Lamb (April 10, 1927 – July 3, 2015) was an American law enforcement officer and the 11th Sheriff of Clark County from 1961 to 1979. [1] He was a member of the Republican Party . Lamb was born in Alamo, Nevada , one of 11 children born to his mother and father.
Bruce Lund Woodbury (born December 15, 1944) is an American attorney and politician. [1] He is a member of the Republican Party.. Woodbury graduated from Las Vegas High School, the University of Utah and Stanford Law School.
Bryan K. Scott (1991): [26] [27] First African American male to serve as the President of the Clark County Bar Association, Nevada; Fidel Salcedo: [28] First Latino American male to serve as a Justice of the Peace in Reno, Nevada [Washoe County, Nevada] David Dean (1974): [29] First African American male lawyer in Reno, Nevada [Washoe County ...
Clark County, Nevada. The city of Las Vegas was established as a maintenance stop for Clark's San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad. He subdivided 110 acres ...
Nevada was the first state to sanction the use of the gas chamber. The first execution by use of lethal gas took place in February 1924 and has been used as the means of carrying out the death sentence a total of thirty-one times. The last execution was held October 22, 1979. [4]
A member of the Republican Party, he was the 17th sheriff of Clark County from 2015 to 2023, capping a 34-year career in law enforcement. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Born in Japan , Lombardo moved to Las Vegas in 1976 and was educated at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas . [ 5 ]
The Wilbur Clark D.I. Road (previously known as the Desert Inn Road) in Las Vegas, Nevada, is named in his honor. [2] [3]Whilst Dr. Heywood Floyd is en route to the moon in Stanley Kubrick's film 2001: A Space Odyssey during the wait over at the orbiting wheel in space, there is a sign for "Howard Johnson's Earthlight Rooms".
National Register of Historic Places in Clark County, Nevada (1 C, 41 P) B. Bundy standoff (14 P) D. Defunct casinos in the Las Vegas Valley (63 P) E.