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For Message <br> <br> <br> The Last Frontier, Las Vegas, Nevada <br> <br> <br> Scenic Attractions Convenient to Hotel Last Frontier <br> <br> <br> BOULDER DAM and LAKE MEAD- One of America’s newest and most fascinating all-year playgrounds, 30 miles from Las Vegas via Boulder City. Through travel is open . <br> <br> <br> cross the top of the Dam under U.S convoy, Lake Mead is the world’s largest man-made body of water, 115 miles long and expanding 30 miles up the GrandCanyon of the Colorado. It’s rugged, 550 mile shoreline is a wonderous setting of incredible beauty and startling colors. The government provides guides to conduct parties through the dam at regular intervals daily. Free motion pictures of the dam shown at Boulder City. <br> <br> <br> SKI-BAR RANCH- at Mt. Charleston, 30 miles northwest of Las Vegas on a paved highway, The Forst Service maintains public campgrounds are at 7500 feet. From here a trail rises 4000 feet in 3 miles- through the largest grove of foxtail pine in the world-to Charleston Peak. Here the elevation is is more than two miles above the surface of Lake Mead, only 50 miles away. The Charleston Mountains enjoy the distinction of having virtually the only snow in the whole State of Nevada. In winter months, snow sports and scenery here are unsurpassed. Hotel accomodations in the Lodge or individual cabins are open year ‘round for mountain vacations. Reservations arranged Hotel Last Frontier or direct. <br> <br> <br> ZION and BRYCE NATIONAL PARKS are close enough to be included in every Last Frontier guest’s schedule. Unforgettable are the photogenic, age-old Joshua trees, sentinels of the desert, guardians of the past. <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> VALLEY OF FIRE- Vivid vermillion cliffs enclose this flaming sandstone valley, reached by way of Overton, turning east off U.S. 91 at Glendale. En route is Atlatl Rock, famed for Indian Pictographs. Within the Valley are many petrified trees, partly buried by the red sands. Also near here is the Lost City Museum of Pueblo Indian relics. A desert road of 13 miles leads out of the Valley to U.S. 91 at Crystal. <br> <br> <br> DEATH VALLEY- Historic desert wonderland reached from Las Vegas by U.S. 95 through Rose Well and Death Valley Junction or through Beatty and Daylight Pass. The latter route may include the famed ghost town of Rhyolite, with its desert stores and Bottle House. At the northern end of Death Valley is the unbelievably palatial Scotty’s Castle. Paved roads traverse the Valley to such places of outstanding interest as Dante’s Point-where you may view the lowest and highest points in the United States- and Zabriskie Point with its command of awe-inspiring Panamint and Funeral Mountains. <br> <br> <br> SPORTS THRILLS GALORE <br> -Here you can find yourself in a veritable sportsman’s paradise. Lake Mead is open for fishing the year around. Large mouth Black Bass ranging from 2 ½ to 10 pounds are the favored catch. Trout fishing in the Colorado River 15 to 25 miles below Boulder Dam is excellent, Mount Charleston is the winter mecca for snow sports enthusiasts; ski tow, ski slide, and jumps are provided, and skiing equiptment may be secured at the Lodge. In season, the hunter may revel in bagging deer, duck, dove, and quail. The desert itself is a constant invitation to those who delight in horseback riding. Golfers find a real test for their game in the nearby all-year turf golf course. <br>