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About Las Vegas

The Las Vegas Valley has over 2 Million people who call it home. Learn more about some of the neighborhoods and amenities that extend far beyond "the strip" and allow residents to have a "normal" lifestyle.

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Las Vegas History

The Las Vegas area has had a long history of settlers and people living here... even with the harshness of the desert. Before the continent was settled by Europeans and others, there were native Americans in the area.

The start of the Las Vegas area:

Southern Paiute inhabited area long before the arrival of the first Europeans.

1776
"Spanish Explorers" came through southern Nevada.
1844
John C. Fremont Arrives.
1855
Mormons arrive in Las Vegas and establish fort.
1855
First Post Office established and is named Bringhurst after Mission President William Bringhurst.
1857
Mormons abandon fort.
1864
Nevada is admitted to the Union by President Lincoln.
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Old Mormon Fort
Las Vegas officially forms and is incorporated:

1905
Town of Las Vegas established with the opening of the Salt Lake, San Pedro & Los Angeles Railroad.
1907
First Telephone wires installed in Las Vegas.
1909
Clark County, Nevada Created.
1910
State of Nevada Bans Gambling.
1911
The City of Las Vegas is incorporated.
1931
Gambling legalized in Nevada.
1931
First Gaming License Issued to Las Vegas resident Mayme Stocker
1933
Historic Downtown US Post-Office and Federal Courthouse Opens
1935
Hoover Dam dedicated by President Franklin Roosevelt.

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Las Vegas Circa 1910
Las Vegas grows into a gambling center:

1940
Clark County population 16,414 (Las Vegas - 8,422).
1941
El Rancho Vegas opens on the Strip. El Cortez Hotel opens in downtown Las Vegas. El Rancho destroyed by fire 19 years later.
1942
Last Frontier Hotel opens. (Later called New Frontier and Frontier.)
1944
Liberace makes his Las Vegas Debut
1946
Bugsy Siegel opens Flamingo Hotel. State levies first gaming taxes.
1947
Maxwell Kelch of Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce establishes Desert Sea News Bureau to promote Las Vegas through photography. Name changed to Las Vegas News Bureau in 1949
1948
Thunderbird Hotel and Casino Opens
1948
Clark County buys Alamo Air Field and opens first Airport - Later called McCarran International Airport
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Last Frontier in it's Early Days
Notoriety grows for Las Vegas:

1951
Senator Estes Kefauver begins hearings on organized crime - first televised senate hearings - A publicity bonanza for Las Vegas
1952
The Sahara Hotel and Casino Opens
1952
The Sands Hotel and Casino Opens
1955
Gaming control strengthened. Gaming Control Board created within the Nevada Tax Commission by the Legislature.
1955
The Royal Nevada Hotel and Casino Opens
1955
The Dunes Hotel and Casino Opens
1955
The Moulin Rouge Hotel and Casino Opens
1955
The Riviera Hotel opens
1956
The Hacienda Hotel and Casino Opens
1957
Tropicana Hotel and Casino Opens
1958
The Stardust Hotel and Casino Opens
1959
Las Vegas Convention Center opens. The Nevada Gaming Commission is created by the Legislature.
1960
Clark County population 127,016. (Las Vegas - 64,405.)
1962
The Tally Ho Hotel Opens
1962
The La Concha Motel Opens - Designed by famed LA Architect Paul Revere Williams
1963
Westward Ho Motel Resort Opens
1964
The Beatles arrive in Las Vegas and performed two sold out shows at the Las Vegas Convention Center
1966
The Aladdin Hotel and Casino Opens
1966
Caesars Palace Hotel and Casino Opens
1966
Howard Hughes arrives to live at Desert Inn. Hughes made his first impact in Las Vegas in the early 1940's when he bought up the land that is now Summerlin to build an aircraft factory
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The Beatles first came to Vegas in 1964

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