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Vor 2 Tagen · The only major city in the American West to have been founded in the 20th century, Las Vegas grew from a tiny, desert-bound railroad service centre at the outset of the 20th century to the country’s fastest-growing metropolis at century’s end.
- Climate
Las Vegas lies only some 100 miles (160 km) east of Death...
- History
The Las Vegas Valley—part of Arizona Territory until 1866,...
- Cultural Life
Las Vegas - Entertainment, Gambling, Tourism: Las Vegas has...
- Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon, immense canyon cut by the Colorado River in...
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Vor 4 Tagen · The Las Vegas Valley—part of Arizona Territory until 1866, when it joined the state of Nevada—remained little explored and thinly populated for several decades. The census of 1900 counted only 30 people, almost all of whom were employees of a cattle ranch that had been established near the site of the old Mormon fort.
Vor 5 Tagen · Harry Reid International Airport (IATA: LAS, ICAO: KLAS, FAA LID: LAS) is an international airport serving the Las Vegas Valley, a metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Nevada. It is located five miles (8 km; 4 nmi) south of downtown Las Vegas in the unincorporated area of Paradise and covers 2,800 acres (11 km 2 ) of land.
Vor 2 Tagen · Las Vegas lies only some 100 miles (160 km) east of Death Valley, one of the hottest and driest places in the country, with an average annual precipitation of only 4 inches (100 mm). The area has endured rainless periods of up to two years, although on average no year is without some precipitation.
Vor 3 Tagen · April 3, 1941: Thomas Hull opens the El Rancho Vegas, the first resort on Highway 91 (aka the famous Las Vegas Strip). 1941: The El Cortez opens downtown. Oct. 30, 1942: The Last Frontier opens.
Vor 2 Tagen · The Grand Canyon is a river valley in the Colorado Plateau that exposes uplifted Proterozoic and Paleozoic strata, and it is also one of the six distinct physiographic sections of the Colorado Plateau province.
Vor 2 Tagen · This photo provided by Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department shows a monolith near Gass Peak, Nev., on Sunday, June 16, 2024. Jutting out of the rocks on a remote mountain peak near Las Vegas, the glimmering rectangular prism's reflective surface imitates the vast desert landscape surrounding the mountain peak where it has been erected ...
