35.8 jalopp] Jalopy, a dilapidated old car.

42.24–26 the Sands, the Sahara, the Flamingo, Desert Inn, the Dunes, Thunderbird] Las Vegas hotels: the Sands operated 1952–96; the Sahara opened in 1952 and closed in 2011, before reopening in 2014 as SLS Hotel & Casino; the Flamingo opened in 1946 and is currently operated by Caesars Entertainment; the Desert Inn opened in 1950 and closed in 2000; the Dunes opened in 1955 and closed in 1993, and after its demolition the Bellagio was built in its place; the Thunderbird opened in 1948, changed its name to the Silverbird in 1977 and El Rancho Casino in 1982, and closed in 1992.

110.8 Packard] The Packard Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan, which began operations in 1899 and went out of business in 1958, the year of Fools’ Gold’s publication.

211.27 Donner Pass] Mountain pass near Truckee, California; it is named for the party of westward emigrants who in 1846 were snowed in and suffered starvation and heavy loss of life, some allegedly resorting to cannibalism.