Last time, we talked about E. Parry Thomas, the Las Vegas icon who died recently. We focused on his coming to Las Vegas in 1955 to run the Bank of Las Vegas.To say the bank was a success would be an understatement. Eventually, it merged with Valley Bank, based in Reno. Then it became part of Bank of America. To put it another way, my downtown office is in what was originally known as Valley Bank Plaza, and now it’s Bank of America Plaza.
