Five years before the city was founded, the population was 22 people.[1]
1905
January, J. T. McWilliams sold subdivisions of 80 acres (0.32km2)[2] between modern A and H streets It was estimated that "McWilliamstown," now referred to as the Historic West Side, had about 2,000 residents by the early 1910s.[3]
Three buildings visible in McWilliams' townsite in 1905.San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad begins operating, linking Southern California with Salt Lake City and making Las Vegas an ideal refueling point and rest stop due to the availability of water.[5][1]
June 1: Citizens of Las Vegas vote 168 to 57 in favor of incorporation.[10][1]
June 1: Peter Buol is elected first mayor of Las Vegas, Stewart, VonTobel, McGovern and Gaughlin become city commissioners.[11]
"Helldorado Days. Louis Dufur, Pretty Las Vegas, Nevada. Debutante, “Sets ‘Em Up" for her Friends" at "saloon in downtown Las Vegas." The photograph is part of a series sent out by the Union Pacific Railroad's publicly department to promote the event.
The population of Las Vegas has grown to 64,405, which represents more than 22 percent of Nevada's total population, even though with just 25 square miles it occupies less than 0.02 percent of the state's land.[1]
Plaque describing the Beatles' hotel stay in 1964. Sahara Las Vegas USALas Vegas Natural History MuseumLiberace himself opened the Liberace Museum on April 15, 1979, in Paradise, Nevada, a census-designated place in the Las Vegas Valley.
Plans announced to spend $450 million on a remodel of Monte Carlo Resort and Casino and rename to Park MGM and also add the NoMad Las Vegas within the resort on upper floors.[42]
June 20: A heat wave grounded more than 40 airline flights of small aircraft, with American Airlines reducing sales on certain flights to prevent the vehicles from being over the maximum weight permitted for safe takeoff and Las Vegas tying its record high at 117 degrees Fahrenheit.[43]
1 2 3 4 American Association for State and Local History (2002). "Nevada: Las Vegas". Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada. ISBN0759100020.
George Thomas Kurian (1994), "Las Vegas", World Encyclopedia of Cities, Vol. 1: North America, Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, p.479+, OL1431653M (fulltext via Open Library)
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