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INDEX Agriculture .............................................jl| Airport ................................................ 6 Air Travel .............................-................ 6 Altitude ................................................ ^ Auto Travel ............................................. 7 Bank Statistics 14 Births ...................................................56 Bus Travel ............................................... 6 Churches ..............................................4, 5 Climate ..................................................28 Construction .............................................29 Convention Facilities ....................................12 County Seat ...........................................4, 5 Educational Facilities.............................34, 35 Electric Energy Use 30 Employment .........................................32, 33 Gambling ................-20 Geographical Area ?╟÷?╟÷4, 5 Government............................. .................4,5 History ................................................ 3 ............4, 5, 8 Hospitals .............................................4, 5 Indian Springs AFB ..............................................10 Kyle Canyon .......................................................... 8 V. .................4, 5, 8 Lake Mead Base ....................................................10 Lee Canyon I 5 * ..... 8 Marriages ......36 Military Installations .........-MgSk....................10 PAGE Motor Vehicle Fuel Consumption ....................21 Mt. Charleston ................................................4, 5 Natural Gas Usage..................................................31 Nevada Atomic Test Site ................................22, 23 Parks ..................................4, 5 Payroll ...............................................LCl.|J;i 32 -'?√ß... ...............13?╟╓ Ili^L^WI - & 15 Radio ..........................................................4, 5 Real Estate Transactions ..........................................16 Registered Voters 4, 5 Resort Trade .......................................................... 9 Trade ....................-,..??8....,...-,,v.."..,..?. .... lO Sales & Use Tax ............................................18, 19 Taxes ....................................................4, 5, 27 Telephone System ..................................................30 Televisiom ................................................... 4, 5 Transportation...........................................4, 5, 6, 7 Tourist T i l< , ..................................,-,...,....--?╟÷8, 9 U. S. Government Establishments ....10, 22, 23 Valley of Fire..................................................... 8 Vital Statistics -?╟÷?╟÷36 Water Consumption ....................^^^B?╟÷?╟÷-?╟÷-^ V I ! I HISTORY MEANING OF LAS VEGAS: - "THE MEADOWS" POPULATION: EST., 89,000 ELEVATION: ?╟÷ 2,016 FOUNDED: MAY^^, 1905 back as late in the 1 establish a route between Santa Fe and the missions of California, the meadows and natural springs of Las Vegas were known to the pioneers. American adventurers of old ?╟÷ and the touring public of today ?╟÷ have come to regard the area as a place ot The first American occupation of Las Vegas came in 1 855, when William Bringhurst of Great Salt Lake protect immigrants and the United States mail from the Indians, and teach the latter how to raise corn, wheat, potatoes, squash and melons." ^^KjlffeileBISaifllfa logs from the Charleston mountains to the west; built cabins, fences, a dam and bridges and planted crops. While Mormon records reveal that "many Indians were converted and baptized," the settlers soon found after a number of raids had Another reason for the Mormon withdrawal was their failure in attempts to mine and smelt the "abun- dant quantities of lead" they found in the area. It was not until five years later that they learned the reason Though the Mormons had left temporarily, there followed a period of steady development of the ^^^H?╜f|al and mining potentialities of the area. During the Civil War three companies of cavalry and one and the post was named Fort Baker. Mining began in the surrounding regions, and Eldorado Canyon was On May 15, 1 905, Las Vegas was really born. Around a platform erected under a spreading mesquite Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad (now the Union Pacific) explain plans for a major rail development through Las total In a matter of days a mammoth tent city came to life on the desert. Housed in the tents were a post office, long. construction of Hoover (Boulder) Dam, and more recently by the development of the great resort poten- tialities of Southern Nevada. sorts, homes and industries in the area amass a total of $1,200,000,000. Last year, close to 10,058,983 What was once a watering hole for hardy pioneers now has become the "Fun and Entertainment Capital share in its growth feel it is just a youngster with a great future ahead.