For $10 he won from a foot race a young physician bought a practice in Las Vegas and stayed another 38 years, bringing his kindness and knowledge to the growing boomtown.
News
A cold winter in St. Louis pushed a young man
A Japanese immigrant is credited with finding and popularizing many of the trees and plants found today in Las Vegas Valley yards.
An engineer by trade and a politician by chance, Nevada’s first state engineer brought prosperity to the place he was proud to call home.
An archaeologist who found paradise amid the ruins of the Lost City along the banks of the Muddy River proved Nevada was inhabited long before modern times.
A Frenchman’s dream of not one but two lakes in the desert with recreational facilities for all became a magnet for heat-stricken Las Vegans and tourists alike.
The aviation age took flight in Las Vegas largely through the efforts of one man who put the growing town on aviators’ maps by making Anderson Field planeworthy.
While he had dreams of helping build a city brick by brick, a civil engineer soon became a civil servant whose eye on the sky brought air service to Southern Nevada.
A woman who was unimpressed with what others thought she should and should not do made a life of teaching Southern Nevada’s children to think for themselves.
As district attorney for a county just coming into its own, a self-taught lawyer set a high standard for law enforcement amid an influx of lawlessness.
The valley’s political and civic future was shaped in part by two brothers, one of whom built the Review-Journal into the state’s largest newspaper.
Chronicling the events — whether they were tea parties or murder trials — that made Las Vegas the city it is today was this journalist’s first love; her second love was the city itself.
A civil engineer who went from public to private employment just for the chance to build Hoover Dam realized his dream and put Las Vegas and Boulder City on the map.
The rigid influence of the man who controlled the lives of the workers who built Hoover Dam, and the town where they lived, is still felt in that town’s legacy of no gambling.
To keep her railroad-working husband and sons respectable, a woman who had no background in gaming held Las Vegas’ first casino license.
Partnered Content
Meet Peter and Anthony – very friendly and outgoing brothers that are like two peas in a pod. They are ready to find their forever home! These amazing kids are looking for a family to love them unconditionally.
LISTEN TO THE TOP FIVE HERE
Jack Smith on Thursday defended his investigations of Donald Trump insisting that he had acted without regard to politics and had no second thoughts about the criminal charges he brought.
Though some showed support for reining in federal immigration agents, others in the valley said they feel more positive about ICE’s actions.
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto touted bipartisanship as she highlighted provisions in the recent defense spending bill, which increased pay for military service members.
Elementary, middle and high school students will see changes to what time of day their classes will begin and end. The change is aimed to improve academic and health outcomes among students.
