"Gun control? It's the best thing you can do for crooks and gangsters. I want you to have nothing. If I'm a bad guy,
I'm always gonna have a gun. Safety locks? You'll pull the trigger with a lock on, and I'll pull the trigger. We'll see who wins."

Sammy 'The Bull' Gravano

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn



Wilbur Clark opened the fifth hotel on the Las Vegas Strip in 1950.  Here's one night's casino staff posing in 1950.  In 1966 Howard Hughes checked in, decided to stay, and eventually bought the place.  Click the photo for more.

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