History of Las Vegas

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The first reported visit to the valley by someone of European descent was Raphael Rivera in 1829.[3] Las Vegas was named by Spaniards in the Antonio Armijo party,[4] who used the water in the area while heading north and west along the Old Spanish Trail from Texas. In the 1800s, areas of the Las Vegas Valley contained artesian wells that supported extensive green areas or meadows (vegas in Spanish), hence the name Las Vegas.

John C. Frémont traveled into the Las Vegas Valley on May 3, 1844, while it was still part of Mexico.[5] He was a leader of a group of scientists, scouts and observers for the United States Army Corps of Engineers. On May 10, 1855, following annexation by the United States, Brigham Young assigned 30 missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints led by William Bringhurst to the area to convert the Paiute Indian population to Mormonism. A fort was built near the current downtown area, serving as a stopover for travelers along the "Mormon Corridor" between Salt Lake and the briefly thriving colony of saints at San Bernardino, California. However, Mormons abandoned Las Vegas in 1857.
 
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FLASH1296

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What I find most interesting is the FACT that what most peeps call Las Vegas
(e.g. Las Vegas Blvd. a.k.a. "The Strip") is actually "Paradise",
an unincorporated sewer district of Clarke county.
 

kewljason

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FLASH1296 said:
What I find most interesting is the FACT that what most peeps call Las Vegas
(e.g. Las Vegas Blvd. a.k.a. "The Strip") is actually "Paradise",
an unincorporated sewer district of Clarke county.
I have always thought the strip area was paradise! :laugh: I personally have a true love affair with Las Vegas as a whole. My only regret is that I wasn't born earlier, so I could have enjoyed some of the earlier era's. :(
 
Las Vegas

This is no paradise and never was. It is a dry, treeless waste of space.

It caters to the very worst in all of us, adds nothing to society, culture, or industry..... but rather destroys it.

See it for what it truly is, do not fear that truth.

CP
 
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

I have never found or felt a peacefulness like exists in that desert.

The mountains are stunning. The air is clear and the city is an island of perpetual motion between power generation, commerce, and nature.

As for adding to society, I only know what it does for me...

It makes me feel independent, excited, and special. In a word, human.

A location does not bring out the worst in a person, their soul does that. There is as much evil in any town across this country as you'll find in Vegas.

I, for one, see the unique beauty of it's people, it's monuments, it's culture, and it's roll in our society.

Viva Las Vegas.

PS You can't swing a dead cat in that town without hitting a hot chick.
 
Jack

B Jack Trash said:
I have never found or felt a peacefulness like exists in that desert.

The mountains are stunning. The air is clear and the city is an island of perpetual motion between power generation, commerce, and nature.

As for adding to society, I only know what it does for me...

It makes me feel independent, excited, and special. In a word, human.

A location does not bring out the worst in a person, their soul does that. There is as much evil in any town across this country as you'll find in Vegas.

I, for one, see the unique beauty of it's people, it's monuments, it's culture, and it's roll in our society.

Viva Las Vegas.

PS You can't swing a dead cat in that town without hitting a hot chick.
Jack,

Very well put, well written and moving.:):cool:

Regards,
CP
 

FLASH1296

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C.P.,

You beg the question — How was Paradise named.

Back in the late 1940's or early 1950's the mobbed-up hotel/casinos were
sprouting up and they needed services, especially SEWER service.

They refused to become incorporated into the City of Las Vegas,
as that would mean paying City taxes, and dealing with petty City Pol's.

They quickly discovered that they could create their own sewer district.

The Clarke County Clerk said that it needed a name.
One of the mobsters, giddy from skimmed money in the sinful
New World of Nevada, quipped. "Hell ! This is Paradise!"
When the laughter died down, consensus was instant.
 

Solo player

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b jack trash said:
i have never found or felt a peacefulness like exists in that desert.

The mountains are stunning. The air is clear and the city is an island of perpetual motion between power generation, commerce, and nature.

As for adding to society, i only know what it does for me...

It makes me feel independent, excited, and special. In a word, human.

A location does not bring out the worst in a person, their soul does that. There is as much evil in any town across this country as you'll find in vegas.

I, for one, see the unique beauty of it's people, it's monuments, it's culture, and it's roll in our society.

Viva las vegas.

Ps you can't swing a dead cat in that town without hitting a hot chick.
oh yeah baby!!!
 
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