Church of Twain: St. Mark and Las Vegas

As we know, St. Mark of Missouri breathed his last on April 21, 1910. Las Vegas was barely a tent city at that time.

But he did have a view on the nature of Las Vegas – at least as it’s perceived in the eyes of some decent folk, puritanical types, and popular critics.

Twain wrote in his story, “The Lowest Animal,” that “Indecency, vulgarity, obscenity--these are strictly confined to man; he invented them. Among the higher animals there is no trace of them."

It’s something to think about whether you’re a Vegas party animal or just a working stiff trying to make ends meet on your wages and tips.