![]() ![]() The surrounding area known as Clark County was created in 1909. ![]() (See my article about the Golden Gate Hotel here). It was originally named Hotel Nevada, but today it is known as the Golden Gate. The City of Las Vegas was founded in 1905, and in 1906 the first hotel in downtown Las Vegas was built. This also allowed Las Vegas to become a prime water stop for trains and wagons heading to either Los Angeles or continuing east. Upon completion of the railroad line from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City, a larger number of Mormons began to migrate into the area.Īs wells were dug, water began to be piped into the town allowing for more robust population growth. In 1902 1,800 acres of land were purchased by the Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad, and the area began to draw a few American farmers. They established an adobe fort, but due to the extreme summer heat and some conflict between the leaders of the group, the fort was abandoned in 1857. It wasn’t until the mid-1850s that a small group of Mormon missionaries traveled to inhabit the Las Vegas Valley from southern Utah. Photo Carol Highsmith, Library of Congress. This image shows the remnants of a natural spring at Mormon Fort, which was the site of the first settlers in Las Vegas, Nevada. ![]()
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