Ivy good post. I disagree with Pittsburgh, I say 60 to 70 members at its peak and this was in the 1930s. Denver is hard, but if you go by the other Colorado crews sizes, Pueblo had maintained the power in that state from 1933 till the late 1960s at their peak they had 15 to 18 members, Trinidad had 6 members at its peak, so Denver would be roughly the same size as Pueblo. Los Angeles and Milwaukee 45 members a piece. When seeing those high numbers for Los Angeles, it is cause people are adding the San Diego crew and members from different families that operate in Los Angeles.
The San Diego crew was part of the LA family, though. Frank Bompensiero was the man down there from prohibition until the 1950s. IIRC Fratianno said that when he was made in the late 1940s that 30 men were present for the ceremony. 5 guys got made plus another 5 guys in the early 1950s. So I find anywhere from 45 to 60 members at Dragna's peak to be believable.
