Dusk settles over the Las Vegas Valley and the neon lights take over as the LDS (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints / Mormon) Temple sits along East Bonanza Road at base of Frenchman Mountain.

Dusk settles over the Las Vegas Valley and the neon lights take over as the LDS (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints / Mormon) Temple sits along East Bonanza Road at base of Frenchman Mountain.

An original townsite home is reflected in the window of Bonnie's Floral Boutique at 117 W. Atlantic Ave in downtown Henderson. Built in 1942, the buildings were designed as temporary housing for workers employed at the Basic Magnesium Inc. manufacturing facility constructed during World War II. After the city's incorporation in 1953, several of the homes were converted to businesses like Bonnie's.

The Ascaya luxury home development is carved out of the McCullough Mountain range in Henderson, affording unobstructed views of the Las Vegas Valley as seen from Cloudrock Court in the development's upper section.

The Ascaya luxury home development is carved out of the McCullough Mountain range in Henderson, affording unobstructed views of the Las Vegas Valley as seen from Cloudrock Court in the development's upper section.

Cloudrock Court winds its way through the upper section of the Ascaya luxury home lot development. Infrastructure for Ascaya, carved into the McCullough Mountain range in Henderson, Nevada, was completed with materials mined from the site. The development has begun selling lots and buildings are being constructed in the lower sections, but in the upper sections, like along Cloudrock Court, the infrastructure including power boxes, street lights, signs and mailboxes have all been installed.

A desert bighorn ram pauses and appears to be looking at the Las Vegas skyline while standing atop a luxury home lot on Soaring Rock Court in the Ascaya development. Infrastructure for Ascaya, carved into the McCullough Mountain range in Henderson, Nevada, was completed with materials mined from the site.