The giant oil derrick proposed by former actor Max Baer to promote a Beverly Hillbillies-themed casino was not the first time that someone had a dream for a major attraction along that stretch of Highway 395.In the late 1970s, Minden resident Dug Picking proposed a casino complex featuring a 345-foot long replica of a sailing ship with masts 200-feet high.Picking sold stock in the project and built the four-story building at the intersection of highways 395 and 50 that the state tore down last week.Dug's Windjammer Casino was the dream of a world traveler who operated Dug's West Indies restaurant …






