Las Vegas: An Unconventional History |
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As Las Vegas has changed, so too, has the way it entertains.
Las Vegas: An Unconventional History |
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In the early 1970s, the Las Vegas dreamland began to clash with the real world. Las Vegas' Culinary Union, in particular, felt the change.
Las Vegas: An Unconventional History |
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Howard Hughes' apparent success in building a casino empire along with a 1967 gaming law lured corporate investors to Las Vegas' resort industry.
Las Vegas: An Unconventional History |
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In 1829 a band of New Mexican traders en route to Los Angeles came upon a lush valley containing freshwater springs, described in their native Spanish as las vegas .
Las Vegas: An Unconventional History |
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Federal funding remained central to the economy of Las Vegas even as tens of thousands of tourists visited the city each year.
Las Vegas: An Unconventional History |
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The Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce issued a calendar for tourists, listing the scheduled times of the bomb detonations and the best places to view them.
Las Vegas: An Unconventional History |
Timeline
A chronology of important events in Las Vegas history, up to 2005.
Las Vegas: An Unconventional History |
Image Gallery
Browse this selection of Las Vegas wedding images, many from photographer Lauren Klain Carton's Vegas Valentines project.
The Berlin Airlift |
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The Berlin blockade and subsequent airlift proved to be a public relations bonanza for the United States in the Cold War against the Soviet Union.
The Berlin Airlift |
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Gail Halvorsen conjured a special idea for lifting the spirits of children of West Berlin.
The Berlin Airlift |
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Reuter's business cards read, "Ernst Reuter, the Elected but Unconfirmed Lord Mayor of Berlin."
The Berlin Airlift |
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Lucius Clay graduated from West Point in 1918 and became a military engineer, rising through the ranks to become the Army's youngest brigadier general in World War II.
