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Below you can find links to books, videos, magazine and news articles, and Web sites about the history and bombing of Harvey's Resort Hotel and Casino. Also see related links about casino owner Harvey A. Gross, FBI Special Agent Bill Jonkey, defense attorney Larry McNabney, casino owner Bill Harrah, and casino owner Dick Chartrand.
Books:
 W. K. Bixler, "A Dozen Sierra Success Stories: Twelve Individualists of Our Time" (1964)
Frank B. Foster, "The $18 Million Dollar Bombing of Harvey's Resort Hotel and Casino, Stateline, Nevada" (1981)
Dayle Schear, "Dare to Be Different! The Awakening of a Psychic" (1992)
David Fisher, "Hard Evidence: How Detectives Inside the FBI's Sci-Crime Lab Have Helped Solve America's Toughest Cases" (1995)
Albert Woods Moe, "Nevada's Golden Age of Gambling" (1996, 2001, 2010)
Wilbur H. Morrison, Matt Purdue, "Adventure Guide to the Sierra Nevada" (1999)
Senator Paul Laxalt, "Nevada's Paul Laxalt: A Memoir" (2000)
Richard Esposito and Ted Gerstein, "Bomb Squad: A Year Inside the Nation's Most Exclusive Police Unit" (2007)
Jeffrey T. Richelson, "Defusing Armageddon: Inside NEST, America's Secret Nuclear Bomb Squad" (2009)
John W. Birges, Nina J. Arnold, "Bombing Harvey" (2010)
Jim Sloan, "Render Safe: The Untold Story of the Harvey's Bombing" (2011) [Kindle e-book]
Adam Higginbotham, "A Thousand Pounds of Dynamite" (2014) [the Atavist Magazine] [Kindle e-book] [audio podcast]
Television and Video:
- FBI: Processing of the bombing crime scene, Harvey's Resort Hotel, Stateline, Nevada (Aug. 27 - Oct. 6, 1980)
 YouTube
- "FBI: The Untold Stories" (September 26, 1992)
- Season 1, Episode 23 "The Harvey's Casino Case"
YouTube: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
- "The FBI Files" (August 25, 2005)
- Season 7, Episode 8 "Deadly Payout"
YouTube
- "City Confidential" (October 1, 2005)
- Season 11, Episode 7 "Lake Tahoe, NV: The Casino Bomber"
Photobucket: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
- "The Unit"
 (May 16, 2006)
- Season 1,
Episode 12 "Morale, Welfare and Recreation"
Amazon.com: Purchase this episode
- "Shockwave" (May 23, 2008)
- Season 1, Episode 17
Yidio.com | iTunes.com
- FBI: The Case of the Harvey's Casino Bomb (August 26, 2009)
- Harvey's Casino Bombing | Model of Harvey's Bomb
- KCRA: "Disguised Bomb Blows Apart Harvey's (August 26, 2010)
- YouTube
- "NewsMakers with Mike Briggs" (December 3, 2010)
- Interview with John W. Birges on CentralValleyTalk.com
YouTube: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4
- Tahoe Production House: "Everything Back" (June 25, 2013)
- “Everything Back” is a Historical Narrative Biopic, titled Mindent Vissza (translated: Everything Back). Its screenplay was adapted from the memoirs of terrorist bomber John Birges, written in prison and mailed to his extortion victim's family as both an obscure apology gift and final extortion attempt.
- KOLO: "After 60, Years Our Viewers Pick The Top 10 Stories" (November 28, 2013)
- Number 4: The Harvey's Hotel Bombing
- YouTube: More Harvey's Casino Bombing videos
- Harvey's Casino Bombing In Lake Tahoe
- Harvey's Bombing
KRON News 4: 1980 Coverage of Harveys Casino Blast
KRON News 4: Harvey's Casino Bombing News Report
- The Wrap: "Bradley Cooper, Todd Phillips to Produce ‘A Thousand Pounds of Dynamite’ for Warner Bros." (August 14, 2014)
- The Atavist: Bomb Animation
- "Mysteries at the Museum" (November 11, 2016)
- Season 12, Episode 3: "Blowing Up the House"
Facebook video | Amazon.com | Travel Channel
Magazines:
Time: "Bringing Down the House: Three extortionists lose a $3 million gamble" (September 8, 1980)
Sunset: "Over the mountains to the Candy Dance and Nevada's oldest settlement: They call it Je-noah" (1984) [Free Online Library]
Orange Coast Magazine: "OC Escape: Lake Tahoe" (September 1990)
Forbes (Volume 154, Issue 8): "Moving on Vegas: Harveys Casino Resorts founder Harvey Gross had a few simple rules: no debt, and never expand beyond Lake Tahoe. His successors had different ideas." [Highbeam Business] (October 10, 1994)
Allan Anderson, "Harvey's: 25 years after the Bombing" [PDF] | [eBookBrowse] (Casino Chip and Token News, Fall 2005)
Yearbook of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers: "The Gaming Zone: A One-Mile Limit at Stateline" [PDF] (Volume 74, 2012)
Tahoe Quarterly: "The Man Behind the Bomb" (July 18, 2013)
The Atavist Magazine: "A Thousand Pounds of Dynamite" (2014) [The Atavist Magazine] [Kindle e-book] [audio podcast]
Slate: "1,000 Pounds of Dynamite" (August 3, 2014)
Damn Interesting: The Zero-Armed Bandit (June 16, 2015)
Hackaday: This is What a Real Bomb Looks Like (September 21, 2015)
Sword & Scale: "Harvey's Resort Hotel & Casino bombing" (March 7, 2016)
Newspapers:
 The Victoria (Texas) Advocate: "Early Gambling Tycoon A Rags to Riches Story: Not Scared by Change" (November 26, 1975)
The Gettysburg Times: "Extortionist's bomb explodes in Lake Tahoe casino-hotel" (August 28, 1980)
St. Petersburg (Florida) Times: "Extortionist's bomb rips hotel" (August 28, 1980)
St. Petersburg (Florida) Times: "The man behind Harvey's: Nevada Gambling pioneer" (August 28, 1980)
St. Petersburg (Florida) Times: "FBI found prints on bomb in Lake Tahoe casino" (August 29, 1980)
St. Petersburg (Florida) Times: "Five suspects arrested in Harvey's extortion bombing" (August 17, 1981)
The St. Petersburg (Florida) Evening Independent: "Losing gambler charged in casino bombing" (August 17, 1981)
The Milwaukee Journal: "6 accused in casino bombing" (August 17, 1981)
The Milwaukee Sentinel: "5 arrested in Harvey's Resort bombing" (August 17, 1981)
The Sonora (California) Union Democrat: "Five held in Harvey's blast" (August 17, 1981)
Toledo Blade: "5 Arrested In Casino Extortion Bombing: Blast In Nevada Followed Failed Bid To Pay $3 Million" (August 17, 1981)
Kingman Daily Miner: "5 charged in Harveys bombing: Gambler who lost thousands at casino among suspects in August 1980 blast" (August 17, 1981)
Eugene Register-Guard: "Five held in bombing of casino: One suspect described as big gambling loser" (August 17, 1981)
Merced Sun-Star: "Clovis man, others held in bombing case: Suspect reportedly avid gambler" (August 17, 1981)
The Oxnard Press-Courier: "5 arrested in extortion bombing: Gambler held in Harvey's blast" (August 17, 1981)
Spokane Daily Chronicle: "Losing gambler held in bombing of casino" (August 17, 1981)
The Spokane Spokesman-Review: "Yet another attempt at extortion planned" (August 18, 1981)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: "Casino bomber big-stakes loser" (August 18, 1981)
The New York Times: "F.B.I. Says Casino Bombing Figure Considered Coast Bank Extortion" (August 18, 1981)
The New York Times: "Federal Grand Jury Indicts 6 in Bombing of Casino at Tahoe" (August 19, 1981)
The (Bend, Oregon) Bulletin: "Sons may take stand in trial of John Birges" (August 21, 1981)
The New York Times: "Two in Casino Bombing Plead Guilty in Bargain" (September 9, 1981)
Lodi News-Sentinel: "Attorneys to try moving bombing trial from Reno" (October 2, 1981)
The New York Times: "Trial Begins in Nevada Hotel Bombing" (October 14, 1982)
Spartanburg Herald-Journal: "Son pitted against father in Harvey's bombing trial" (October 17, 1982)
The New York Times: "Conviction in Casino Bombing" (October 23, 1982)
The New York Times: "Defendant Guilty in Bombing" (March 5, 1983)
The New York Times: "Obituary: Harvey Gross, 78, a Pioneer In Lake Tahoe Gaming Clubs" (November 3, 1983)
Daytona Beach Morning Journal: "Obituary: Gambling Pioneer Harvey Gross" (November 3, 1983)
The New York Times: "Conviction Overturned" (January 29, 1984)
Los Angeles Times: "Man Convicted of Plot to Use Bomb in Tahoe Casino Extortion" (March 09, 1985)
Los Angeles Times: "Casino Bombing Figure Held on Probation Charge" (August 22, 1990)
The Associated Press: "Obituary: John Birges, Sr." (Friday, September 6, 1996)
Las Vegas Sun: "Resort bomber dies in prison" (Friday, September 6, 1996)
Nevada Appeal: "TV beckons ex-sheriff for bombing segment" (January 28, 2005)
Las Vegas Review-Journal: "Casino explosion nearly forgotten: Gambling loser targeted Harvey's Wagon Wheel" (August 27, 2005)
Las Vegas Review-Journal: "TV special on 1980 bombing puts focus on old memories, new attitudes" (August 27, 2005)
The Fresno Bee: "Time bomb: Plans are in motion to film the tale of a Clovis trio's plot to extort a Tahoe casino using a bomb" (September 29, 2007)
Sacramento Bee: Question and Answer Forum (October 27, 2008)
LakeTahoeNews.net: "Park family -- 115 years of history at Lake Tahoe" (June 27, 2011)
LakeTahoeNews.net: "Parks turn Tahoe cattle land into casino, golf course" (June 28, 2011)
LakeTahoeNews.net: "Lakefront golf course lodging in works for Edgewood Tahoe" (June 29, 2011)
Ventura County Star: "Ventura man writes about his role in bombing Harvey's Casino" (September 21, 2011)
LakeTahoeNews.net: "'Bombing Harvey' -- a son’s role in Stateline incident" (March 22, 2012)
LakeTahoeNews.net: "Then and now: More than the buildings change at Stateline casinos" (December 30, 2012)
Reno Gazette-Journal:
Reno Gazette-Journal: "Anniversary of Harvey's Lake Tahoe bombing" (August 21, 2005)
Reno Gazette-Journal: "Render Safe: The untold story of the extortion bomb at Harvey's Resort Hotel, Lake Tahoe, Aug. 26-27, 1980" [PDF] [Kindle e-book] (August 21, 2005)
Placerville Mountain Democrat:
Placerville Mountain Democrat: "Casino blast leaves massive damage, no injuries; payoff attempt fails" (August 29, 1980)
Placerville Mountain Democrat: "The day the Strip stood still" (August 29, 1980)
Placerville Mountain Democrat: "FBI following bomb case leads" (September 3, 1980)
Placerville Mountain Democrat: "Harvey's 1980 explosion: Bomb arrests made" (August 19, 1981)
Placerville Mountain Democrat: "James Birges interviewed" (August 21, 1980)
Placerville Mountain Democrat: "The Placerville connection" (August 21, 1980)
Placerville Mountain Democrat: "Harvey's suspect may have bombed in-law's bridge" (August 21, 1980)
Placerville Mountain Democrat: "Bombing suspects lied, says Pollock Pines Man" (August 26, 1981)
Placerville Mountain Democrat: "Harvey's suspects plead innocent" (September 4, 1980)
Placerville Mountain Democrat: "Part 1 of 3: Harveys explosive 30th anniversary detailed" (September 2, 2010)
Placerville Mountain Democrat: "30 year retrospective: Missed signals lead to Harveys explosive ending" (September 5, 2010)
Placerville Mountain Democrat: "Harveys explosion 30th anniversary: FBI follows lead to Clovis, leans on John Birges Jr." (September 7, 2010)
Tahoe Daily Tribune:
Tahoe Daily Tribune: "Harveys' long legacy started with Mr. Gross" (October 29, 1998)
Tahoe Daily Tribune: "Harveys merger in final stage" (November 2, 1998)
Tahoe Daily Tribune: "New day dawns for Harveys" (February 3, 1999)
Tahoe Daily Tribune: "Harveys now out of family's hands" (February 5, 1999)
Tahoe Daily Tribune: "Casinos have storied history" (December 30, 1999)
Tahoe Daily Tribune: "Harveys has big plans" (January 4, 2000)
Tahoe Daily Tribune: "End of an era at Stateline" (April 27, 2001)
Tahoe Daily Tribune: "Board OKs Harveys sale" (July 27, 2001)
Tahoe Daily Tribune: "End of an era in Stateline" (July 30, 2001)
Tahoe Daily Tribune: "TV beckons former sheriff for Harveys bombing segment" (January 28, 2005)
Tahoe Daily Tribune: "Casino bombed 25 years ago: Domestic terrorism trumped in 1980" (August 19, 2005)
Tahoe Daily Tribune: "Blast: The world was watching Stateline" (August 19, 2005)
Tahoe Daily Tribune: "Harvey's bombing changed casinos forever" (August 22, 2005)
Tahoe Daily Tribune: "Harveys bombing featured on History Channel" (May 23, 2008)
Tahoe Daily Tribune: "Harveys bombing memorable 28 years later" (August 28, 2008)
Tahoe Daily Tribune: "30 years later: A look back at the extortion bombing plot at Harvey's Resort Hotel" (August 25, 2010)
Tahoe Daily Tribune: "30 years later: Missed signals lead to explosive ending" (August 27, 2010)
Tahoe Daily Tribune: "30 years later: Trail of clues led authorities to Harvey's casino bombers" (August 28, 2010)
Harvey's bombing Web sites:
MySpace.com: Bombing Harvey
Facebook.com: Harvey's Wagon Wheel Saloon and Gambling Hall
Facebook.com: Bombing Harvey
Facebook.com: John W. Birges
Facebook.com: Jim Birges
Wikipedia: Harvey's Resort Hotel bombing
Wikipedia: John Birges
Albert Woods Moe: Relive the 1980 Harvey's Casino Bombing
Federal Bureau of Prisons: Inmate Locator: John Birges, Sr.
Federal Bureau of Prisons: Inmate Locator: John Waldo Birges
Federal Bureau of Prisons: Inmate Locator: Ella Joan Williams
Federal Bureau of Prisons: Inmate Locator: Terry Lee Hall
Federal Bureau of Prisons: Inmate Locator: Willis Brown
NOTIS: Nevada Offender Tracking Information System -- Offender Detail Record: John Birges (Offender ID: 27845)
Scott Schrantz Weblog: "Harvey’s Bombing Anniversary" (August 25, 2005)
26th August: It was on this day "1980 The Case Of The 1000 Pound Bomb Found In A Nevada Casino"
KillerMovies: "Bombing Harvey"
KillerMovies: "Nick Cassavetes To Direct 'Bombing Harvey'" (February 21, 2006)
Harvey A. Gross links:
Harvey Arnold Gross was the businessman who, with his wife, Llewellyn F. Barkley Gross, opened Harvey's Resort Hotel and Casino on the South Shore of Lake Tahoe, and became a major figure in Nevada gaming.
Harvey and His Wagon Wheel
Gaming Hall of Fame: Harvey Gross
Wikipedia: Harveys Lake Tahoe
FundingUniverse.com: Harveys Casino Resorts History
History of Lake Tahoe Casinos
HarveyGross.com: Harvey Gross -- March 12, 1903, to November 2, 1983
Form SS-5: Application for Social Security Number: Harvey Arnold Gross
Born: March 12, 1903, Western Nebraska
Parents: Herman Gross and Alvina Lindekugel
Herman Gross v. Christian Scheel (Supreme Court of Nebraska, January 21, 1903)
Find A Grave: Harvey A. Gross
Find A Grave: Llewellyn F. Barkley Gross
Nevada Senate Concurrent Resolution -- Memorializing the late pioneer in gaming, Harvey Gross
Following the death of Llewellyn Gross in 1964 due to a carbon monoxide leak in her car, Harvey A. Gross remarried on December 4, 1973. Harvey's second wife, Veronica H. (Vera) Girardot DuMoulin Petrinovich, had a daughter, Vera Lou Christine DuMoulin Petrinovich, whose husband, Richard Frank Kudrna, Sr., served as Executive Vice President and President of Harvey's, and Chairman of the Harveys board of directors from 1983 to 1995.
Vera Gross Trust [PDF] (1989)
SEC Registration Statement: Harveys Casino Resorts [PDF] (1996)
SEC Quarterly Report: Harveys Casino Resorts [PDF] (1996)
SEC Annual Report: Harveys Casino Resorts [PDF] (1997)
Tahoe Daily Tribune: "Embezzler gets 1-year sentence" (November 1, 2005)
Tahoe Daily Tribune: "Bookkeeper for Harvey family sentenced" (November 3, 2005)
Chuck Lindekugel links:
Charles (Chuck) Lindekugel, a cousin of Harvey A. Gross, was the longtime collection director and head of security for Harvey's Resort Hotel and Casino.
Reno Evening Gazette: Wed in Reno at recent church rite: Charles Lindekugel and Grace M. Ferretti (September 26, 1957)
Charles (Chuck) Lindekugel (April 19, 1927 - October 1, 2010),
Daneri Mortuary: Charles Lindekugel (April 19, 1927 - October 1, 2010),
Onida Watchman: Charles Lindekugel (April 19, 1927 - October 1, 2010)
California Association of Licensed Investigators: Charles Lindekugel (April 19, 1927 - October 1, 2010)
Beverlee Ann Gross and William Barton Ledbetter links:
Beverlee Ann Gross, daughter of casino founders Harvey and Llewellyn Gross, married William Barton Ledbetter, who was descended from another prominent pioneer family on the South Shore of Lake Tahoe. Ledbetter was a longtime manager and board member at Harvey's Resort Hotel and Casino.
Form SS-5: Application for Social Security Number: William Barton Ledbetter
Born: May 15, 1930, Sacramento, California
Parents: Lester C. Ledbetter and Lilah Fay Barton (daughter of William Delos "Bill" Barton and Ouida Leona Kyburz)
Tahoe Daily Tribune: "Fay Ledbetter: Tahoe pioneer dies" (April 13, 1999)
Tahoe Daily Tribune: "Obituary: Alva Barton" (June 9, 2004)
Tahoe Daily Tribune: "Basin pioneer Alva Barton remembered" (June 9, 2004)
Tahoe Daily Tribune: "South Tahoe casino stalwart Bill Ledbetter dead at 77" (December 26, 2007)
Tahoe Daily Tribune: "Obituary: William 'Bill' Barton Ledbetter" (December 26, 2007)
Tahoe Daily Tribune: "Service today for member of pioneer Tahoe gaming family" (December 28, 2007)
Find A Grave: William Barton Ledbetter
Find A Grave: Beverlee Ann Gross Ledbetter
Find A Grave: Erica Faye Ledbetter
FBI Special Agent William (Bill) Jonkey links:
FBI Special Agent William (Bill) Jonkey investigated the Harvey's Casino bombing, and helped to prosecute the federal trial against John Birges.
FBI Retired: FBI Special Agent William (Bill) Jonkey bio
Risk Control Strategies: FBI Special Agent William (Bill) Jonkey bio
RESCUE: Major Matthew Jonkey
Larry McNabney links:
Laurence William McNabney, lawyer for Harvey's bombing defendant Terry Lee Hall, was later murdered in 2001 by his wife, Elisa McNabney, and accomplice Sarah Dutra.
Equine Chronicle (vol. 4, no. 5, September/October 2001): Spotlight on the Amateur: Larry McNabney
My Life of Crime: Larry McNabney murder 9/10/2001
Carlton Smith, "Cold Blooded" (2004)
Brian J. Karem, "Marked for Death" (2005)
Lodi News-Sentinel: Buried man identified as lawyer from Woodbridge
The Associated Press: Lawyer allegedly killed by wife who hid criminal past
San Francisco Chronicle (March 25, 2002): Wife's bizarre confession in poisoning; Secretary also charged in slaying of lawyer
The Stockton Record: Lawyer's body likely refrigerated for months
The Stockton Record: The Sarah Dutra Case
St. Petersburg Times: The Chameleon comes home
The Stockton Record: Rancher denies he had affair with Sims
Oxygen: Con Artist With 113-Page Rap Sheet Kills Husband With Horse Tranquilizers, Buries Body In Vineyard: She used at least 38 aliases over the years
TheSmudge.com: Sarah Dutra trial
Find A Grave: Laurence William "Larry" McNabney
Wikipedia: Murder of Larry McNabney
Murderpedia: Sarah Elizabeth Dutra
Medium: "The Many Lives Of The Marlboro Woman"
Monsters & Critics: "Laren Sims' tranquilizer murder of husband Larry McNabney features on 'Evil Stepmothers'"
The Investigators / Crime Stories (May 20, 2004)
Season 4 Episode 26: "Trail of Deceit"
[Dailymotion] | [YouTube]
Lies My Mother Told Me (March 7, 2005)
[DVD] | [IMDb] | [Wikipedia]
Snapped (March 10, 2005)
Season 2, Episode 3: "Elisa McNabney"
[YouTube]
Missing Persons Unit (September 6, 2006)
Season 1, Episode 2: "Larry McNabney"
[YouTube] | [Dailymotion]
Deadly Women (September 16, 2011)
Season 5, Episode 8: "Love to Death"
[YouTube] | [Amazon Instant Video] | [iTunes]
Dateline NBC: "Posion" (May 18, 2012)
Part 1 |
Part 2 |
Part 3 |
Part 4 |
Part 5 |
Part 6 |
Audio Podcast
Deadly Wives (March 18, 2013)
Season 1, Episode 3: "Marlboro Man Murder"
[Dailymotion] | [YouTube] | [Vudu] | [Amazon Instant Video] | [iTunes]
Evil Stepmothers (June 1, 2017)
Season 2, Episode 6: "She Can't Hide"
[Investigation Discovery] | [YouTube] | [IMDb]
Secrets of the Morgue (February 15, 2019)
Season 1, Episode 11: "The Cowboy and the Killer"
[Hulu] | [Amazon Prime Video] | [Google Play] | [IMDb]
KCRA: Sarah Dutra Sentenced In McNabney Murder (April 21, 2003)
Dutra Ordered To Serve Full Prison Term (December 3, 2007)
Dutra To Serve Full Prison Term (December 3, 2007)
Dutra Set To Be Paroled (August 1, 2011)
Sarah Dutra Released From Prison (August 26, 2011)
Freedom For Sarah Dutra (August 26, 2011)
William F. Harrah links:
William Fisk "Bill" Harrah was owner of Harrah's Tahoe, across the street from Harvey's Resort Hotel and Casino. Harvey Gross was an honorary pallbearer after Harrah's death on June 30, 1978.
William F. Harrah: My Recollections of the Hotel-Casino Industry, and as an Auto Collecting Enthusiast [PDF]
Form SS-5: Application for Social Security Number: William Fisk Harrah
Born: September 2, 1911, South Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California
Parents: John Harrah and Amanda Fisk
Leon Mendel, "William Fisk Harrah: The Life and Times of a Gambling Magnate" (1982)
Dean Batchelor, "Harrah's Automobile Collection: One Man's Tribute to the Great Automobiles of the World" (1984)
Dwayne Kling, "Every Light Was On: Bill Harrah and His Clubs Remembered" [PDF] (1999)
Dwayne Kling, "The Rise of the Biggest Little City: An Encyclopedic History of Reno Gaming, 1931-1981" (1999)
Dwayne Kling: Luck is the Residue of Design (1998)
Albert Woods Moe, "The Roots of Reno" (2008)
Albert Woods Moe: "Bill Harrah brings his casino style to Lake Tahoe in the 1950s" [Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3]
Albert Woods Moe: "Bill Harrah -- Nevada Gaming Pioneer" [Part 1] [Part 2]
Jerry E. Smith: A History of "Rancharrah" [Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4]
Wikipedia: William F. Harrah
William Fisk Harrah Biography
Gaming Hall of Fame: William F. Harrah
NNDB: William F. Harrah
The National Automobile Museum (The Harrah Collection) | [Facebook] | [YouTube]
The Harrah Collection: "National Automobile Museum Reno, Nevada" (February 9, 2012)
YouTube: The Legacy of William F. Harrah
Find A Grave: William Fisk Harrah
Richard L. Chartrand links:
Exactly 12 years before the Harvey's Casino bombing, Richard L. "Dick" Chartrand, co-owner of Barney's Club across the street from Harvey's, was killed by a car bomb at his Lake Tahoe home on August 27, 1968.
Tahoe's Rich or Famous: Richard Chartrand
Find A Grave: Richard L. Chartrand
Silver State Treasures: Barney's casino chips
Mineral County Independent-News: "Hawthorne man applies for Tahoe license" (April 21, 1965)
Mineral County Independent-News: "License approved for new casino at Lake Tahoe" (June 23, 1965)
Arizona Republic: "Gambler dies when bomb wrecks car" (August 28, 1968)
Redlands Daily Facts: "Blast kills Lake Tahoe casino owner: Several suspects held for bombing death of gambler" (August 28, 1968)
The Fresno Bee: "Car bomb kills ex-Fresnan at Tahoe home" (August 28, 1968)
The Fresno Bee: "Chartrand rites, burial will be held in Fresno" (August 29, 1968)
The Fresno Bee: "Hunt for killer of Chartrand goes to capital" (August 31, 1968)
Gaming Today: "Wendover casinos get new life" (December 24, 2002)
Casino Chip and Token News: "The Platinum Collection" [PDF] (Summer 2005)
Tahoe Daily Tribune: "Hidden safe discovered during Bill's renovation" (August 19, 2011)
Tahoe Daily Tribune: "Bill's safe opening hits snag" (August 23, 2011)
The Daily Dot: Murdered casino owner's safe found 40 years later (August 25, 2011)
Reno Gazette-Journal: Small safe a big mystery (August 27, 2011)
New York Post: Secret of the safe (August 29, 2011)
KOLO: "Hidden casino safe exposes another mystery" (August 29, 2011)
Tahoe Daily Tribune: "Oprah given exclusive access to Tahoe safe opening" (September 15, 2011)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: "It's all open and shut for Chartiers safecracker Roy Watters" (June 16, 2013)
KCRA: "Secret Safe Discovered In Old Casino" (September 21, 2011)
YouTube: "I Cleaned out Chartrand's safe" (September 21, 2011)
380 F.2d 97: Richard L. CHARTRAND, Appellant, v. BARNEY'S CLUB, INC., a Nevada Corporation, Appellee. No. 20966. United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit. June 23, 1967.
380 F.2d 97: Richard L. CHARTRAND, Appellant, v. BARNEY'S CLUB, INC., a Nevada Corporation, Appellee. No. 20966. United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit. June 23, 1967.
380 F.2d 97: Richard L. CHARTRAND, Appellant, v. BARNEY'S CLUB, INC., a Nevada Corporation, Appellee. No. 20966; United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit; June 23, 1967
Richard L. Chartrand, Appellant, v. Barney's Club, Inc., a Nevada Corporation, Appellee. 380 F.2d 97 (9th Cir. 1967), Docket Number: 20966
380 F. 2d 97 - Chartrand v. Barney's Club Inc.
Richard L. Chartrand, Appellant, v. Barney's Club, Inc., a Nevada Corporation, Appellee - 380 F.2d 97
Richard L. Chartrand, Appellant, v. Barney's Club, Inc., a Nevada Corporation, Appellee - 380 F.2d 97
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