Leon Halliday Rockwell, a native of New York, was born in 1888. He received a grammar school education near Elmira, New York, and then was forced to begin his career. As a very young man, he started west, working at a variety of jobs from railroad laborer to cowboy and milk-hand. Shortly after the town was founded, he arrived in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he spent most of the rest of his life. Mr. Rockwell became a prominent citizen of Las Vegas. He describes his work at the telephone and power companies, how he helped found the Las Vegas Volunteer Fire Department, and his involvement in real estate trading.