John Nichols, a veteran of the United States Army, worked 43 years for Southern Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads. His hobby is Archeology, and he specializes in interpreting petroglyphs or rock carvings. Myra Nichols learned research by participating in a successful Congressional Investigation. in the 1988 Yellowstone wildfires. Her Masters in Education helped her students achieve the highest reading scores for first and second graders in the district. They both wrote a highly successful book in 2016 called Calalus Revisited.