ASK ME ANYTHING

  • Wanna Join? New users you can now register lightning fast using your Facebook or Twitter accounts.
mrraskal666

mrraskal666

Sicc OG
#727
Aug 28, 2006
2,850
0
0
36
#727
5ive1en said:
The character Heihman Roth in the Godfather, is based on the guy who built Vegas right?
Click to expand...

Las Vegas (English: "The Meadows" or "The Grasslands") was named by Spaniards in the Antonio Armijo party, 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 (Vega in Spanish), hence the name Las Vegas. It is believed the birthplace of Las Vegas to be the Springs Preserve John C. Frémont traveled into the Las Vegas Valley on May 3, 1844, while it was still part of Mexico. 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 Mormon missionaries led by William Bringhurst to the area to convert the Paiute Indian population. 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 Mormon colony at San Bernardino, California. Las Vegas was established as a railroad town on May 15, 1905, when 110 acres (44.5 ha) owned by Montana Senator William A. Clark's San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake City Railroad, was auctioned off in what is now downtown Las Vegas. Las Vegas was part of Lincoln County until 1909 when it became part of the newly established Clark County. Las Vegas became an incorporated city on March 16, 1911.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas,_Nevada#History
 
5

5ive1en

Sicc OG
#728
May 7, 2002
5,376
838
113
#728
mrraskal666 said:
Las Vegas (English: "The Meadows" or "The Grasslands") was named by Spaniards in the Antonio Armijo party, 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 (Vega in Spanish), hence the name Las Vegas. It is believed the birthplace of Las Vegas to be the Springs Preserve John C. Frémont traveled into the Las Vegas Valley on May 3, 1844, while it was still part of Mexico. 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 Mormon missionaries led by William Bringhurst to the area to convert the Paiute Indian population. 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 Mormon colony at San Bernardino, California. Las Vegas was established as a railroad town on May 15, 1905, when 110 acres (44.5 ha) owned by Montana Senator William A. Clark's San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake City Railroad, was auctioned off in what is now downtown Las Vegas. Las Vegas was part of Lincoln County until 1909 when it became part of the newly established Clark County. Las Vegas became an incorporated city on March 16, 1911.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas,_Nevada#History
Click to expand...
I meant built Vegas as in building all the Casinos and making it a tourist attraction.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top Bottom