Chronicle of Urban History 1829 to the place where today is Las Vegas, the first time officially mentioned. At that time, a Spanish expedition led by Antonio Armijo discovered on the way to Los Angeles is an oasis in the desert. This was later reduced to travelers the way through the desert, where they could add to the oasis water. The Spanish called the place in Las Vegas, Spanish for "the meadows" 0.1844 for the first time an American expedition led by John Fremont came to the oasis. According to him, today gives its name to Fremont Street in downtown Las Vegas.
1854 Brigham Young, leader of the Mormons from Salt Lake City, sent some of his fellow Christians in the south to the Las Vegas colonize. Die settlers built a small fortress, which currently exists under the name of Fort Mormom times yet. The old settlers left the area, but after three years because it was too hard erschien.1904 a railroad from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles built, and the route passed through the valley of Las Vegas. The oasis was used as a scale. Railroad company acquired rights to land and water.
In 1905 the railway company a small village built around the plant. Soon after, he moved to a hotel, a salon and several shops and the city grew to several thousand Einwohner.1928 the U.S. government decided, in nearby Boulder Canyon to build a gigantic dam, which was to secure energy supplies around for decades. Hoover Dam was called, and thousands of workers who lost their jobs during the economic crisis occurred in the 55 miles from Las Vegas Canyon is set as a construction worker werden.1931 began construction of Hoover Dam . For workers near the dam was built a separate town of Boulder City.
Unlike other cities in the Nevada game was banned here - to this day has nothing in changed.1935 Hoover Dam was completed. The workers, who now had more in Boulder City without a job, tourists who wanted to see the dam, soldiers were trained to the air base north of Las Vegas and the abundance of power were the foundations on which its Las Vegas Place started.1940 fast and were in Las Vegas, several luxury hotels and many games clubs home.1941 built a small businessman, Thomas Hull, Motel El Rancho, which included a small casino. Because of the low cost and high frequency of travel, we selected a location outside the city center, on the road to Los Angeles for the motel.
Business was good, so soon after it opened a second hotel on this street, the final frontier. The result was the Flamingo Hilton Strip.1947 was opened, and drew many visitors and other buildings of the hotel with him that the opening of a planned airport was.1964 ran the film Viva Las Vegas with Elvis Presley in American film a good advertisement for the destination The Vegas.1966 bought by billionaire Howard Hughes, the Desert Inn in Las Vegas and other Hotels. So gradually lost its bad reputation as a center of the underworld.
In 1973, German magicians Siegfried and Roy of his career in Las Vegas. was his first show was at the Tropicana, and later moved to the border and then to the Mirage in Las Vegas um.1994 recorded another record: the MGM Grand was the world's largest hotel opened.1995 followed the city of great tradition against the domination of the Strip hotels to defend, and opened the overhead lights at the Fremont Street Experience in Las Vegas has Street. Today 483 000 residents and 120
000 hotels and motel beds. each year, more than 30 million people who play gambling capital and $ 6 billion. The few historical sites historical sites in Las Vegas to see more focused, in large part to the city. In some places it is already with other things (with the casinos, of course) obstructed. The corner of Main Street and Fremont Street, as it were the starting point of the city. This uses the railroad to build houses for the first time in his stop.
Not far south of this intersection is the Hotel Victoria, which dates from the early days of the city. North Las Vegas Boulevard is the Woodlawn Cemetery, the old cemetery with beautiful, weathered gravestones. Somewhat later, the game Ridge Theater, which is of the postwar is era. also formyl suburb of historic importance. The small town is almost as old as the Las Vegas and was in the 40's great popularity. Because when prostitution in the city of Las Vegas was banned, he decided to workers in that industry, from now on, the soldiers of the Nellis Air Force "operating"basis and moved sharply to the formyl close.
With them came all the disreputable taverns and night people in the area. But he lost the "Hell Town" for 15 years later, their livelihoods, as prostitution is prohibited throughout the district. Today many people no longer live here. Boulder in the city is the course of the works created at the Hoover Dam in the thirties. The city is a very small town and offers a pleasant contrast to the glittering Las Vegas awareness of the overload. The atmosphere of the mind class, culturally reflective citizens grown in large exhibitions of outdoor art.
The nearby Hoover Dam is a landmark in itself. Hardly any other building in the U.S., symbolizes the optimism of former New Deal better than this huge suburban Henderson dam.Die may seem at first glance like a modern industrial city, its history can, but at least until the second World War II to track. From this time many of the young workers' houses have survived, and the downtown has been preserved in some small shops, the atmosphere of old, for example,
Business was good, so soon after it opened a second hotel on this street, the final frontier. The result was the Flamingo Hilton Strip.1947 was opened, and drew many visitors and other buildings of the hotel with him that the opening of a planned airport was.1964 ran the film Viva Las Vegas with Elvis Presley in American film a good advertisement for the destination The Vegas.1966 bought by billionaire Howard Hughes, the Desert Inn in Las Vegas and other Hotels. So gradually lost its bad reputation as a center of the underworld.
In 1973, German magicians Siegfried and Roy of his career in Las Vegas. was his first show was at the Tropicana, and later moved to the border and then to the Mirage in Las Vegas um.1994 recorded another record: the MGM Grand was the world's largest hotel opened.1995 followed the city of great tradition against the domination of the Strip hotels to defend, and opened the overhead lights at the Fremont Street Experience in Las Vegas has Street. Today 483 000 residents and 120
000 hotels and motel beds. each year, more than 30 million people who play gambling capital and $ 6 billion. The few historical sites historical sites in Las Vegas to see more focused, in large part to the city. In some places it is already with other things (with the casinos, of course) obstructed. The corner of Main Street and Fremont Street, as it were the starting point of the city. This uses the railroad to build houses for the first time in his stop.
Not far south of this intersection is the Hotel Victoria, which dates from the early days of the city. North Las Vegas Boulevard is the Woodlawn Cemetery, the old cemetery with beautiful, weathered gravestones. Somewhat later, the game Ridge Theater, which is of the postwar is era. also formyl suburb of historic importance. The small town is almost as old as the Las Vegas and was in the 40's great popularity. Because when prostitution in the city of Las Vegas was banned, he decided to workers in that industry, from now on, the soldiers of the Nellis Air Force "operating"basis and moved sharply to the formyl close.
With them came all the disreputable taverns and night people in the area. But he lost the "Hell Town" for 15 years later, their livelihoods, as prostitution is prohibited throughout the district. Today many people no longer live here. Boulder in the city is the course of the works created at the Hoover Dam in the thirties. The city is a very small town and offers a pleasant contrast to the glittering Las Vegas awareness of the overload. The atmosphere of the mind class, culturally reflective citizens grown in large exhibitions of outdoor art.
The nearby Hoover Dam is a landmark in itself. Hardly any other building in the U.S., symbolizes the optimism of former New Deal better than this huge suburban Henderson dam.Die may seem at first glance like a modern industrial city, its history can, but at least until the second World War II to track. From this time many of the young workers' houses have survived, and the downtown has been preserved in some small shops, the atmosphere of old, for example,
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