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The Pioneer Trail - West Las Vegas
 
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By Bill Kirchner, September 26, 2011
Las Vegas Springs Marker
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
1 Nevada, Clark County, Las Vegas, Charleston — 1 — Las Vegas Springs8000 B.P.
Bubbling artesian springs flowed here until they were exhausted in the middle of the 20th century, over-pumped to serve the city's growing population. These springs and the creek they created gave life to the center of the valley. They erupted . . . Map (db m51043) HM
2 Nevada, Clark County, Las Vegas, Twin Lakes — 2 — Lorenzi Park1926
Lorenzi Lake, the dream of pioneer David G. Lorenzi, opened as a private resort in 1926, became the Twin Lakes Lodge in the 1940s, and a public park in 1966. Arriving in southern Nevada in 1911, Lorenzi began building his park on 80 acres . . . Map (db m51044) HM
3 Nevada, Clark County, Las Vegas, West Las Vegas — 3 — Binion House1942
Colorful Horseshoe Club owner Benny Binion and his family lived here from 1947 to 1989. Originally built in 1942 by service station owner C.A. Morehouse, the home was one of the largest in Las Vegas with three bedrooms, several baths, a . . . Map (db m51045) HM
4 Nevada, Clark County, Las Vegas, West Las Vegas — 4 — Kim Produce Farm1932
Here in the 1930s and 1940s, Korean immigrant Frank Kim raised melons, tomatoes, and onions. His devoted son, Frank Kim, Jr. became a pillar of the community. From the early days of Las Vegas, Asian [...] considerable skill to make poor desert . . . Map (db m51046) HM
5 Nevada, Clark County, Las Vegas, Downtown Las Vegas — 5 — Moulin Rouge1955
The first integrated hotel and casino in Las Vegas, the Moulin Rouge opened in May 1955. It is celebrated as a landmark of racial integration in Las Vegas and the United States. Entertainers from the Las Vegas Strip and Hollywood flocked to . . . Map (db m51047) HM
6 Nevada, Clark County, Las Vegas, Downtown Las Vegas — 6 — McWilliams' Townsite1905
Created by J.T. McWilliams in 1905, the Original Las Vegas Townsite was Las Vegas' first business and residential development. J.T. McWilliams (photo top right) was hired to do survey work in and around the Las Vegas Valley for the San Pedro, . . . Map (db m51048) HM
7 Nevada, Clark County, Las Vegas, Marble Manor — 7 — St. James the ApostleCatholic Church 1940
St James has been a vital force in meeting the needs of this underserved, segregated but expanding community. The second Catholic Church in Las Vegas, St. James opened in 1940 in a small concrete building at H and Morgan streets (pictured . . . Map (db m51049) HM
8 Nevada, Clark County, Las Vegas, Downtown Las Vegas — 8 — Harrison Boarding House1933
Black entertainers were not allowed to stay at the Strip hotels where they performed in the 1940s and 1950s. Mrs. Harrison's boarding house offered fine accomodations for many of the era's most famous stars. During one memorable week in . . . Map (db m51050) HM
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9 Nevada, Clark County, Las Vegas, Downtown Las Vegas — 9 — Jackson Street Commercial District1942
Commerce on the Westside was short lived, collapsing in 1905 when rival Las Vegas Townsite opened on the east side of the railroad tracks. In 1942, the Westside defined a new commercial district to serve the ethnic population of the area. The . . . Map (db m51051) HM
10 Nevada, Clark County, Las Vegas, Downtown Las Vegas — 10 — Christensen House "The Castle"1935
This fairy-tale residence reflects the unique family that built it, whose roots stretch back to a pioneering Utah Mormon blacksmith, ranchers in Idaho and Nevada, and railroad workers in Las Vegas. The life of Las Vegas pioneer Lucretia Tanner . . . Map (db m51052) HM
11 Nevada, Clark County, Las Vegas, Downtown Las Vegas — 11 — Moody House1939
Herman Moody, Las Vegas' first black career police officer, was raised in this house at 321 Van Buren Avenue, built by his parents (father Henry Moody pictured lower left) who came here in 1939. As first African-American in Las Vegas to make a . . . Map (db m51053) HM
12 Nevada, Clark County, Las Vegas, Downtown Las Vegas — 12 — Westside School1923
The first school in West Las Vegas opened with two rooms and two teachers for four grades. From 1904 until 1923, children from McWilliams' Townsite crossed the railroad tracks to get to school in Clark's Townsite. This dangerous situation . . . Map (db m51054) HM
13 Nevada, Clark County, Las Vegas, Downtown Las Vegas — 13 — Las Vegas Paiute Colony1911
The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) bought this ten-acre site in 1911 from Helen J. Stewart, former owner of the Las Vegas Ranch, to provide a home for the Southern Paiute Indians living in and near Las Vegas. With this purchase, the government . . . Map (db m51055) HM
14 Nevada, Clark County, Las Vegas, Downtown Las Vegas — 14 — Woodlawn Cemetery1914
Until 1914, when the railroad donated land for a city cemetery, people buried the dead in small family plots or on public land just north of the railroad-owened Las Vegas Ranch, east of Las Vegas Boulevard. In pre-railroad times, the Paiute . . . Map (db m51056) HM
15 Nevada, Clark County, Las Vegas, Cultural Corridor Coalition — 16 — Biltmore Village1942 Reported missing
This WWII neighborhood was named for the Nevada Biltmore Hotel which opened nearby in 1942. A WWII housing shortage called for the construction of several hundred homes for military personnel and their families. The federal government approved the . . . Map (db m51057) HM
 
 
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