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The population of Las Vegas is growing so fast (84.1% between 1990 and 2000), it is safe only to say the population is well over 500,000. The City of Las Vegas is a 24 hour a day city, and scenic day or night. Approximately 1.7 million people live in the Las Vegas Area. |
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Water made the Las Vegas area an ideal rest stop on east-west and north-south routes.
Early 1700's
It started with Spanish traders in route to Los Angeles along the Spanish Trail seeking a shorter route. A young scout named Rafael Rivera is the first person of European ancestry to look upon the valley. His discovery of a valley with abundant wild grasses growing and a plentiful water supply reduces the journey by several days. The valley is named Las Vegas, Spanish for "The Meadows."
1844
John C. Fremont (1813-90, American explorer, soldier, and political leader) writes about Las Vegas - bringing the valley to the attention of others besides the Spanish explorers, missionaries and the indigenous Indian population.
1855
Brigham Young assigns 30 Mormon missionaries to build a fort in the Las Vegas valley. The fort constitutes the first non-Indian settlement in the region and is still located on the corner of Washington Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard. Their primary purpose is to teach the Paiute Indians farming techniques. The Paiutes reject the teachings and occasionally raid the fort.
1857
Brigham Young's fort is abandoned.
1859
The discovery of minerals, including Gold, Silver, copper, lead, zinc, mercury, barite, and tungsten, leads to the beginning of the mining industry.
1901
San Pedro, Los Angeles, and Salt Lake Railroad Company, by Senator Williams Andrews Clark, building is started through Las Vegas, and completed in 1905.
1905
On January 30, the railroad was completed through Las Vegas, the first station depot was a converted railroad car.
On May 15, Las Vegas was founded as a city in Lincoln County, and adopts its first charter the next day. At the time of incorporation, the city encompasses 19.18 square miles, and has approximately 800 inhabitants.
1909
Lincoln county is split, Las Vegas becomes the county seat for the newly established Clark County.
December - A snow storm at Las Vegas left twelve inches of snow on the city.
1916
San Pedro, Los Angeles, and Salt Lake Railroad Company, shortened its name to the Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad.
1921
Union Pacific Railroad bought the remainder of the Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad's stock from Senator Clark, although it continued to use the old name.
1926
First Airport in Las Vegas established at Rockwell Field.
First commercial airline flight by Western Airlines.
1931
The construction of Hoover Dam brings an influx of construction workers which starts a population boom and boosts the Valley's economy.
1932
On March 19, The Apache, Las Vegas' first luxury hotel, opened with 100 rooms. It had one of the state's first elevators and was air cooled. Residents, would fill the hotel lobby to escape the hot summer days.
1935
Hoover Dam was dedicated by US President Franklin Roosevelt.
1940
Las Vegas's isolated location, along with plentiful water and inexpensive energy, makes Las Vegas an ideal site for military and defense related industries. The site for Nellis Air Force Base is located in the northeast.
1942
October 30, the Hotel Last Frontier became the second resort to open for business on the Las Vgas Strip. Next entry 1955.
1945
Lavish resort hotels and gambling casinos offering top-name entertainment come into existence. Tourism and entertainment took over as the largest employer in the area.
1950
The Desert Inn opened April 24th.
1953
KLAS, Las Vegas valley's first TV station, went on the air, as did KOLO in Reno.
1954
Oil was discovered in nearby Nye County.
1955
On April 29, the first highrise, the Rivera Hotel & Casino opened.
The Hotel Last Frontier was remnamed the New Fontier. Next entry 2007.
1956
Elvis Presley came to Las Vegas and played his first Las Vegas show at the New Frontier on April 23.
1958
On July 2, the Stardust Resort & Casino opened, billing itself as the world's largest resort hotel with 1,032 rooms. Next Stardust news November 2006 and March 2007.
1959
Las Vegas Convention Center opens.
1960
Las Vegas encompasses 25 square miles and had a population of 64,405. Las Vegas has more than 22 percent of Nevada's total population on less than .02 percent of the State's land. At that time, Clark County had a population of 127,016.
1969
Elvis Presley opens at the International Hotel, now known as the Las Vegas Hilton.
1987
In December Union Pacific Railroad stops using the Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad name.
1989
Mirage opens November 22, with 3,039 rooms.
1993
The Dunes Hotel was Imploded.
2004
The last tower of the Desert in was imploded on November 16.
2005
The city of Las Vegas celebrated its 100th birthday on May 15, 2005. The events celebrates the May 15, 1905 auction in which 100 acres of downtown Las Vegas laid the foundation for the city we know today. The celebration began on December 31, 2004, and lasts throughout 2005. See Centennial Celebration Committee.
2005
The Stardust Resort & Casino closed on November 1.
Wynn Las Vegas opened at a cost of $2.7 billion across the Strip on land that once housed the Desert Inn.
2006
The Stardust Resort & Casino was imploded with 428 pounds of explosives. It will take about two months to clean the site for the new Echelon Place, which plans to open in late 2010.
2007
The 36 Acre New Frontier Hotel Casino was closed on July 16, and was imploded at 2:30 AM on November 13 to make way for two new Mega Resorts, a replica of the Plaza Hotel in New York City to be called the Las Vegas Plaza at the front of the property, and seven acres at the back of the New Frontier site were sold to Donald Trump for the $1.2 billion Trump International Hotel & Tower.
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