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2. Las Vegas in the 1940s - Wikipedia

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   Las Vegas in the 1940s was notable for the establishment of The Strip in a town which "combined Wild West frontier friendliness with glamor and excitement". [1] In 1940, the population was 8,400 but within five years, it more than doubled its size. [2] The Las Vegas Valley had a population of 13,937 in 1940, increasing to 35,000 in just two ...

3. Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort State Historic Park - Wikipedia

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   It contains the Old Mormon Fort (completed 1855), the first permanent structure built in what would become Las Vegas fifty years later. [3] In present-day Las Vegas, the site is at the southeast corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Washington Avenue, less than one mile north of the downtown area and Fremont Street.

4. Sunrise Manor, Nevada - Wikipedia

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   Palm trees are seen on the grounds of the Las Vegas Nevada Temple in Sunrise Manor, August 2006. It is home of the Las Vegas Nevada Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which was dedicated on December 16, 1989. Sam's Town Las Vegas, a casino and entertainment venue that is part of the Boulder Strip, is located in Sunrise ...

5. Grand Canyon Parkway - Wikipedia

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   Grand Canyon Parkway is a 125-acre (51 ha) open air shopping center in Spring Valley, Nevada, located at Grand Canyon Parkway and Flamingo Road.The center encompasses 2,500,000 square feet (230,000 m 2) of space.

6. Moulin Rouge Hotel - Wikipedia

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   The Moulin Rouge Hotel was a hotel and casino in West Las Vegas, Nevada, that was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1992. Although its peak operation lasted only six months in the second half of 1955, it was the first desegregated hotel casino and was popular with many of the Black entertainers of the time, who would entertain at the other hotels and casinos and stay ...

7. List of brothels in Nevada - Wikipedia

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   When the bar changed hands in 1912, the new owner built a second story to house a brothel. It became known as the "Queen of Block 16". The brothel continued until 1942 when the Las Vegas authorities, under pressure from the US Military, closed the whole of Block 16. [55] Roxie's – Closed in 1954 after a federal raid. At the trial it emerged ...