Her great-grandfather fought in the Civil War under Custer. Her grandfather owned a plantation. Her brother-in-law introduced the bill that legalized gambling in Nevada.

Orpah Rose Bosch is now 90, and she, too, has put her mark on history. In the early 1980s, her artwork was chosen to grace billboards that were seen all over Southern Nevada. The billboards were the result of the Art in the Great Outdoors competition sponsored by Donrey Outdoor Advertising Company and the Allied Arts Council. A juried group of professionals chose Bosch's paintings of Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area and the burros as those that best represented the Mojave Desert.