A developer, who did much more than just build houses, will continue to have an impact on Las Vegas well into the next millennium.
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With his no-nonsense approach, former Las Vegas Mayor C.D. Baker helped bring the city’s dilapidated infrastructure out of the Depression and into the modern era.
Proving himself up to the task on the Nevada Proving Grounds
Taking his cue from Howard Hughes, a Southern Californian found the land on the west side of Las Vegas to be a bountiful construction spot for thousands of houses.
Not willing to bet his town’s future on a roll of the dice, a county commissioner pushed and received backing for an unconventional idea amid all this gaming
With a lilting Irish brogue and a head for business, a not-so-wealthy young man found his calling in a vast wasteland.
A dentist whose mother was horsewhipped by the Ku Klux Klan found the Mississippi of the West had its own share of prejudice
A businessman, who got into politics to stop a few crooked police officers from robbing him blind, became one of the city’s more well-regarded leaders.
A civil rights supporter who brought the Black Book to Nevada casinos, the man from Elko took on the Kennedy brothers and the FBI to protect gaming in the Silver State.
A singer who worked with Count Basie and at the Moulin Rouge would not be silenced in his fight against segregation.
He began his battle against injustice in Southern Nevada in the 1960s and is still fighting against those who would deny blacks and others their inalienable rights.
A lawyer who fought for civil rights when it was not popular to do so was his own man regardless of who his influential friends might be.
A banker who was not afraid to loan money to casinos rode the wave of development within the gaming industry.
Agent extraordinaire, who began his career as a hoofer with chutzpah, virtually invented the lounge show and brought everyone from Mae West to Elvis to Las Vegas.
The Chairman found his way back to the top of the heap by bringing sophistication to a stretch of road that he traveled with his Rat Pack friends.
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Two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington were shot and killed while leaving an event at a Jewish museum, police said.
The Athletics’ plan detailing what would occur if they don’t finish their Las Vegas ballpark project was unanimously approved by Clark County commissioners.
Clark County officials are investigating after two people were reported dead in separate incidents connected to EDC.
Crews started clearing the wash near Cambridge and Flamingo roads of its homeless population early Tuesday morning.
