Eugene Louis Meyer was born April 15, 1849 in France and arrived to the US in 1853.  He was born to Michael and Marie Francois (Paulus) Meyer and married Mary Emmaline Moore in 1875.  Mr. Meyer was the floor manager of the newly built Reno Hotel in 1872 and continued to improve his situation as years went by.   By 1879, he was a wholesale druggist opening E.L. Meyers, a general store and by 1899 he was President of the First National Bank.