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Phonebooks are fun! grin Contest…

A contest, but no prizes sad . You get bragging rights grin and hopefully find something cool in an old Nevada phonebook… grin

Must be a club member to access the phone books.

Go to the MOGH page

Select “Search”

Click “Phonebooks”

Easy-peasy! grin Have fun with it!

1. How many clickable links are on the phonebook page?

2. Most of our phonebooks don’t have a “casinos” category in the yellow pages. Name 3 other categories where casinos are listed.

3. What was Benny Binion’s address in 1952?

4. What was Lew Hymers phone number in 1939?

5. Why does the 1931 phonebook have a listing of Soft Drink Parlors?

6. How many PDF pages has Charles posted to the phonebook page?

7. What famous singer and actor is named in the Independence Valley section of the 1947 Elko phone book? What was the name of his ranch?

For extra credit…what was his title, in the town of Elko, from 1948 until his death in 1977?

8. What is the coolest thing that you discovered in one of these phone books?


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