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welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be learning more about the history of
Las Vegas Sin City’s history truly began
when it was named Las Vegas or The
Meadows by 19th century Spanish
explorers in 1844 Explorer John C
Fremont led an expedition to Las Vegas
and soon Mormon missionaries relocated
there from Utah but quickly left due to
extreme desert weather Vegas population
jumped when Nevada was admitted as a
state in 1864 it became an important
railroad stop between Los Angeles and
Salt Lake City
so the Mormons returned and became
pillars of the community the city was
officially founded on May 15 1905 when
senator William Andrews Clark auctioned
off land in the area and on March 16 19
11 Las Vegas was incorporated however
Nevada banned gambling in 1910 and
problems quickly surfaced the state
struggled financially after World War
one when its metals were no longer
needed though a highway linked Vegas to
California in 1926 without landmarks or
tourist attractions the city in the
middle of the desert offered little to
visitors soon Las Vegas became notorious
for connections to organized crime and
illegal activity as entertainment for
travelers at the height of the Great
Depression construction began on the
Boulder Dam later renamed the Hoover Dam
unemployed masses flooded Nevada for
work and were obliged to live in
government-regulated Boulder City as a
way to enforce prohibition-era rules
however many found ways to blow their
paychecks in Vegas 1931 sauna vadym
marriage and divorce laws loosened
because of the potential for profits
gambling was also legalized by 1933
prohibition was repealed local business
people investors from the Mormon
community and major players in organized
crime exploited the opportunity to
entertain the mostly male dam workforce
by building casinos and theatres as
construction finished those workers left
town Helldorado days were introduced as
a marketing ploy to attract new visitors
to Vegas and as a way to celebrate its
frontier heritage
ever the struggle to draw tourists ended
in 1935 the Hoover Dam became an
attraction and provided electricity to
downtown Las Vegas western themed
Fremont Street named after the Explorer
even earned the moniker Glitter Gulch
for its abundance of bright lights in
1941 El Rancho Vegas became the first
resort to open on the strip its success
prompted more construction when la
cracked down on unlawful gambling in the
early 1940s criminals turned to nearby
Sin City mobsters like Benjamin Bugsy
Siegel and Moe Dalitz opened the door
for organized crime ownership of Las
Vegas casinos Siegel pioneered Vegas
glam with the Flamingo in 1946 and
Dalitz earned the nickname mr. Las Vegas
by opening the Desert Inn in 1950 mob
own casinos continued popping up with
funding from groups like Jimmy Hoffa’s
Teamsters and even the Mormons following
a federal inquiry the role of organized
crime and legalized gambling was
considered safe from government
intervention even nuclear testing
charmed Las Vegas tourists in 1951 and
ironically made it a more
family-friendly destination by mid
decade over eight million people visited
Vegas annually for gambling girls and
star-studded shows names like Elvis
Liberace and the Rat Pack drew huge
crowds this period saw the Vegas color
barrier broken after pressure from the
n-double-a-cp and prominent black
entertainers the Kennedy administration
soon chipped away at mob influence in
Vegas oddball businessman and aviator
Howard Hughes further eliminated
organized crime when he started buying
property in 1966 he changed the town’s
reputation to one of sophistication and
legitimate corporations eventually took
over ownership completely Vegas
population exploded in the 1970s though
Atlantic city offered gamblers another
Mecca by 1976 Vegas shifted focus to the
mega resort during the 1980s deadly
hotel fires and a resurgence of mob
activity negatively thrust Vegas into
the spotlight leading into the 90s the
city was resurrected by bigger and more
fantastic hotels and casinos like Steve
Wynn’s Mirage the Excalibur Luxor and
new MGM grand by century’s end over 37
million people visited Vegas each year
no matter what Vegas is remembered as
the land of quickie marriages and
quicker divorces of betting the house
and of endless glitz though it’s been
reinvented multiple times one thing
remains certain what happens in Vegas
stays in Vegas
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be learning more about the history of
Las Vegas Sin City’s history truly began
when it was named Las Vegas or The
Meadows by 19th century Spanish
explorers in 1844 Explorer John C
Fremont led an expedition to Las Vegas
and soon Mormon missionaries relocated
there from Utah but quickly left due to
extreme desert weather Vegas population
jumped when Nevada was admitted as a
state in 1864 it became an important
railroad stop between Los Angeles and
Salt Lake City
so the Mormons returned and became
pillars of the community the city was
officially founded on May 15 1905 when
senator William Andrews Clark auctioned
off land in the area and on March 16 19
11 Las Vegas was incorporated however
Nevada banned gambling in 1910 and
problems quickly surfaced the state
struggled financially after World War
one when its metals were no longer
needed though a highway linked Vegas to
California in 1926 without landmarks or
tourist attractions the city in the
middle of the desert offered little to
visitors soon Las Vegas became notorious
for connections to organized crime and
illegal activity as entertainment for
travelers at the height of the Great
Depression construction began on the
Boulder Dam later renamed the Hoover Dam
unemployed masses flooded Nevada for
work and were obliged to live in
government-regulated Boulder City as a
way to enforce prohibition-era rules
however many found ways to blow their
paychecks in Vegas 1931 sauna vadym
marriage and divorce laws loosened
because of the potential for profits
gambling was also legalized by 1933
prohibition was repealed local business
people investors from the Mormon
community and major players in organized
crime exploited the opportunity to
entertain the mostly male dam workforce
by building casinos and theatres as
construction finished those workers left
town Helldorado days were introduced as
a marketing ploy to attract new visitors
to Vegas and as a way to celebrate its
frontier heritage
ever the struggle to draw tourists ended
in 1935 the Hoover Dam became an
attraction and provided electricity to
downtown Las Vegas western themed
Fremont Street named after the Explorer
even earned the moniker Glitter Gulch
for its abundance of bright lights in
1941 El Rancho Vegas became the first
resort to open on the strip its success
prompted more construction when la
cracked down on unlawful gambling in the
early 1940s criminals turned to nearby
Sin City mobsters like Benjamin Bugsy
Siegel and Moe Dalitz opened the door
for organized crime ownership of Las
Vegas casinos Siegel pioneered Vegas
glam with the Flamingo in 1946 and
Dalitz earned the nickname mr. Las Vegas
by opening the Desert Inn in 1950 mob
own casinos continued popping up with
funding from groups like Jimmy Hoffa’s
Teamsters and even the Mormons following
a federal inquiry the role of organized
crime and legalized gambling was
considered safe from government
intervention even nuclear testing
charmed Las Vegas tourists in 1951 and
ironically made it a more
family-friendly destination by mid
decade over eight million people visited
Vegas annually for gambling girls and
star-studded shows names like Elvis
Liberace and the Rat Pack drew huge
crowds this period saw the Vegas color
barrier broken after pressure from the
n-double-a-cp and prominent black
entertainers the Kennedy administration
soon chipped away at mob influence in
Vegas oddball businessman and aviator
Howard Hughes further eliminated
organized crime when he started buying
property in 1966 he changed the town’s
reputation to one of sophistication and
legitimate corporations eventually took
over ownership completely Vegas
population exploded in the 1970s though
Atlantic city offered gamblers another
Mecca by 1976 Vegas shifted focus to the
mega resort during the 1980s deadly
hotel fires and a resurgence of mob
activity negatively thrust Vegas into
the spotlight leading into the 90s the
city was resurrected by bigger and more
fantastic hotels and casinos like Steve
Wynn’s Mirage the Excalibur Luxor and
new MGM grand by century’s end over 37
million people visited Vegas each year
no matter what Vegas is remembered as
the land of quickie marriages and
quicker divorces of betting the house
and of endless glitz though it’s been
reinvented multiple times one thing
remains certain what happens in Vegas
stays in Vegas
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