Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel had been a legendary mobster on the Las Vegas scene. In 1947, he was found murdered in Beverly Hills. Time magazine published an article exploring the speculative events that surrounded this "hit."
Ches Washington, journalist for the national African American weekly New Pittsburgh Courier, reported on a planned NAACP protest in Las Vegas, where black residents were segregated on the Westside.
The Mirage Hotel-Casino opened in 1989 on the Las Vegas strip. A few days after, the Associated Press covered the story of Elmer Sherwin, who won the largest jackpot in Vegas history at the Mirage.
The late Hal K. Rothman was professor and chair of the Department of History at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. In this interview he discusses Las Vegas and casinos.
The history of architecture in Las Vegas begins with casual Western themes of the 1940s, then on to the whimsical fantasies of the 1950s, the decadent 1960s and then the family friendly theme park 1990s.Â
In the 1950s the American public accepted above-ground nuclear bomb blasts just 65 miles from Las Vegas as part of the Cold War effort. Explore ways the government presented the safety and importance of these tests.
