a woman named laura kaori arrived, and she was the wife of the president of u.s. steel. and at first she denied that she was here for divorce, but then it became clear that she was. and she was a very wealthy socialite. after she came here for her divorce, a lot of other wealthy people from other eastern states began to come here for divorce too, and they came to reno because it was the largest city in the state, it was right on the railroad which is how most or people got here. divorce was an incredible economic boon to the state of nevada, people had to find a place to stay, and it could be anywhere from a rented room to a luxurious hotel or even the guest ranches that were springing up all over the place, where the more well-to do would go when they wanted to get the divorce in private. so they needed to have clothes, they needed to go out and eat them, needed to buy things. so economically, divorce was incredibly lucrative for the state of nevada and reno in particular. so legislature tried to pursue even shorter residency period to make that time that we had to live