When I first moved to Vegas I rented a room
from a guy that worked as a bellhop at the El
Rancho Vegas and he would tell me stories
about the place. He remembered Beldon
Katelman tossing $25 chips into crowds of
people around the entrance to the casino.
The bungalows sat vacant for years after the
place closed and a friend of mine found several
boxes of fire damaged chips in one of them.