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Old Vegas was an amusement park at 2440 South Boulder Highway in Henderson, Nevada, located in the Las Vegas Valley. [1] The park's theme was American Old Western , modeled after 1850s Las Vegas . The site included various amusement rides and a replica of Las Vegas' Old Mormon Fort , which contained the Hondo Casino .
The boundaries for the original territory, if they had kept their same size, would have made present-day Las Vegas part of Arizona. In 1867, though, Congress transferred the Arizona Territory's northwestern corner, specifically most of its land west of the Colorado River, to the state of Nevada. [10] This reduced the territory to its current area.
Las Vegas: 1954–1955 MGM Grand Adventures: Las Vegas: 1993–2002 Old Vegas: Henderson: 1978–1986 Briefly known as Westworld Ponderosa Ranch: Incline Village: 1967–2004 Wet 'n Wild: Las Vegas: 1985–2004 Great Basin Adventure [50] Reno: 1983–2010 Closed due to budget constraints.
For an old-school Italian meal, the restaurant at the Italian American Club on Sahara Avenue east of Las Vegas Boulevard is quite a treat. Sure, the pastas, meat and fish dishes are tasty, but the ...
A wildfire near a historic old Arizona mining town destroyed at least six homes, prompted overnight evacuations and closed the main highway between Phoenix and Las Vegas for nearly 23 hours, but ...
On December 3, 1971, the entirety of US 466 was decommissioned, upon request by the states of Arizona and Nevada. This left US 93 as the sole designation between Kingman and Las Vegas. [14] Until 1992, US 93 ended a short distance north of Wickenburg, Arizona at a junction with U.S. Route 89. When US 89 was decommissioned in the area, the US 93 ...
Historical Atlas of Arizona (2nd ed.). Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. Webb, Robert H., et al. Requiem for the Santa Cruz: an environmental history of an Arizona river (University of Arizona Press, 2014) online. Wilson, James A. "The Arizona Cattle Industry: Its Political and Public Image 1950–1963." Arizona and the West (1966): 339–348.
Adobe walls at junction, old house now owned by Rosemont Mine. Soon to be destroyed by pit mine. Rosemont Mine: Ruby: Montana Camp Santa Cruz: 1870s: 1941: Historic site: 25 buildings under roof, including the old jail and houses, the old school, the playground, old mine machinery, buildings and mine workings. Ruby is entirely on private ...