April 30, 1887 – May 24, 1967

• 1906, age sixteen married the first of his five wives, Dora Mae Pigeon
• 1908 moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado
• bought an old roulette wheel
• creation of Harolds Club. Harolds was one of the first modern American casinos
• 1964 played a significant role in convincing the federal government to build the I-80 freeway over the Sierra Nevada mountains
• 1981, four years after Pappy was named Grandfather of Gaming during the fiftieth anniversary celebration of legalized gambling in Nevada