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Did You Know?• The city of Las Vegas is the mostpopulated city in Nevada. Thepopulation of this city consists of567,641 residents.• The city’s nickname is “TheEntertainment Capital of the World.”Las Vegas is famous for its high numberof casino resorts and entertainmentassociated with these resorts.• Las Vegas is number twenty-eight onthe list of most populated cities in theUnited States.• The population of the Las Vegasmetropolitan region is 1, 902,834.• The city of Las Vegas was established in1905. It officially became a city in theyear 1911.• The city of Las Vegas is also known as“Sin City” due to its tolerance for severaldifferent forms of adult entertainment. Ithas also been a popular location for filmand television shoots.• This city’s name is used for areasthat surround it that have not beenincorporated. This includes resortregions found around the Las VegasStrip.• The Las Vegas Strip is mostly locatedwithin the communities of Winchesterand Paradise. There is also a smallersection of this area found withinEnterprise.• Raphael Rivera was the first Europeansettler to visit the city of Las Vegas.• The name Las Vegas comes fromSpaniards who were in the AntonioArmijo party that used the waterways.These settlers traveled through thesewaterways to get to the Old SpanishTrail.• Artesian wells supporting meadowswere located in the Las Vegas Valleyduring the 1800s.• John C. Fremont was the leader ofscientists for the U. S. Army Corps ofEngineers. His travels of the Las VegasValley occurred in 1844 when the citywas still owned by Mexico.• After annexation by the U. S. BrighamYoung sent over thirty Church of JesusChrist of Latter-day Saints missionariesinto the Paiute Indian population.These missionaries were led by WilliamBringhurst. Brigham wanted to convertthis Indian population to Mormonism.• In 1905 Las Vegas became a railroadtown. The one hundred ten acres ofland the Los Angeles, San Pedro, andSalt Lake Railroad were put up forauction on May 15, 1905.• Montana Senator William A. Clark,R.C. Kerens, and U. S. Senator ThomasKearns all once owned this railroad.• In 1910 the St. Joan of Arc CatholicChurch was established in the city ofLas Vegas, Nevada.• Most of the original large scale LasVegas casinos were funded and/ormanaged by mob figures. Two of themost well known of these mob figuresare Bugsy Siegel and Meyer Lansky.• In the 1960s Howard Hughespurchased several casinos and hotelsin the Las Vegas area.• The median household income for thecity of Las Vegas is $53,000.• The City of Las Vegas was incorporatedon March 16, 1911; it sits at anelevation of 2000 ft and encompasses113.3 square miles.• The Las Vegas area has seen itspopulation increase by 18.6% over thepast 10 years.• The first casino was licensed in 1931;today the number of licensed gamblingplaces in Las Vegas is 1701.• Annually, 36.7 million tourists visit theLas Vegas area.• Almost half of the city’s residents(48.3%) live AND work in Las Vegas.• Record temperatures in Las Vegasrange from a record high of 118 in1931 to a record low of 8 in 1963. TheLas Vegas area has an average rainfallof only 4.61 inches/year.• The famous “Las Vegas Strip” is notin the city limits of Las Vegas; it sits inunincorporated Clark County.• Seventeen of the 20 biggest hotels inthe United States are in Las Vegas.• On an average day, 230 marriagelicenses are issued in Las Vegas,resulting in almost 12,000 marriages ayear!• The famous “Welcome to Las Vegas”sign was built in 1959.• The state of Florida is bigger thanEngland• A snail can sleep for 3 years#20License ID: 5770886CUSTOM CABINETS • KITCHENS REMODELS • COMMITMENT TO CUSTOMER SATISFACTION SINCE 1989702.573-5443HI-TECH KITCHENS, INC.FOR GREAT OFFERS AND FREEBIES IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD VISIT OURTOWNSDEALS.COM • ©2021 DISCOVER THE BEST OF MAGAZINE • OURTOWNSFINEST.COM • 818-573-54432881 MAIN STREETLAS VEGAS • NV 88901hi-techkitchens.com
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