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GTT.r.TTQN I: GEN ERAL 1 1 A lso the B ureau of M ines op era tes exten sive are cen tered h e r e . A ls o , tne s e a rch a ctiv itie s in B ou ld er G y . , ritir fo r m s Lake M ead, the H oover D am , lo ca te d near B o ^ 1(J ^.he s t o r age of the w aters B h I M m 11 ? ? ?m Im th Imperial and C o a ch ella V a lle y s . , t of L as V ega s is the p rovin g grou n About sixty m ile s northw es L g n u clea r w eapons are of the Atomic E n ergy Commission. It is he tested fr o m tim e to tim e . ? . . . . . . V ega s V a lle y w ere 1 .0 2 . H isto ry . The la rg e sp rin gs i t com in g of the white u sed as w atering p la ce s U H B I I the sp rin gs in d icate that m an. E vid en ces at com in g of the B ask et M akers and the w aters w ere g M la ter the P aiu te and Shoshone t r ib e s . The sp rin gs w ere known to £am ous in w ere la ter v is ite d b y m any of t" e W est including J .C . F rem on t and the ex p lo ra tio n and d evelop m t com m unity in L a s V ega s V a lle y E F . B e a le . The M orm on s starte G overn m en t, abandoned !b o u t 1855 but, due M M i M m ade of the w ater fo r the outpost in 1857. A fter 18” « r e m ained s p a r s e ly settled and ? m m h - u century- . In 1905 the San P e d r o , L o s R e e f e d as a d iv i-the Union P a c ific , was c o m p le t e d ^ a n d ^ a .V e ^ A su b sid ia ry of the Sion point b eca u se | B b h 9 9 B Land and W ater C om pany , l a i d ° u e r a ilr o a d com pan y, the L as V g ^ tQ a ttra ct w o rk e rs and set tow nshite and bu ilt a B M M f i r s t e sta b lish ed com m u n ity in the to L a s V ega s V a lle y . c i t y of L a s V e g a s. va lley and was the beginning of t p f v er 4 0 ,000. North L a s V egas now has an e s ti” ^ f J ° P0p ia t " o n s of 6 ,0 0 0 and 11,000 ? 1 H 1I I H since 1905' - 2 -