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Liberace Museum
The Liberace Museum in Las Vegas has tried to capture those very parts of the legend that is Liberace, and was founded by Liberace himself in 1979.
First settled in 1854 by Mormon farmers (who abandoned it in 1857), Las Vegas' Spanish name means "The Fertile Valleys" because of the artesian springs found in the low areas of the area. It was a water stop in the last 1800's for wagon trains and later railroads between Los Angeles and Albuqueque. It was founded in 1905 and officially incoporated in 1911. Gambling was legalized in 1931; however, the city began it's climb to fame in 1941 when gangsters Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel and Meyer Lansky begain financing early development. Las Vegas is celebrating its 100-year anniversary in 2005. Las Vegas City Info
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Notable Moments in Las Vegas History: 1829 — Discovered by Spanish explorers. 1855 — First settlement by Mormons in Las Vegas. 1905 — Town of Las Vegas established by auctioning of land. 1911 — The City of Las Vegas is incorporated. 1926 — First commercial airline flight, Western Airlines. 1931 — Gambling legalized in Nevada. 1935 — Hoover Dam dedicated by President Franklin Roosevelt. 1941 — El Rancho Vegas opens on the Strip. El Cortez Hotel opens in downtown Las Vegas. 1942 — Last Frontier Hotel opens. (Later called New Frontier and Frontier.) 1946 — Bugsy Siegel opens Flamingo Hotel. State levies first gaming taxes. 1966 — Howard Hughes arrives to live at Desert Inn. 1975 — Nevada gaming revenues first crack $1 billion mark. 1985 — First National Finals Rodeo held in Las Vegas. 1989 — Mirage opens November 22, with 3,039 rooms. 1990 — Excalibur opens June 19, to date the world's largest resort hotel with 4,032 rooms. 1993 — Money won by Nevada casinos tops the $6 billion mark for the first time. 1993 — Dunes Hotel imploded October 27. 1993 — Grand Slam Canyon Adventuredome opens August 23. 1993 — Luxor Hotel opens October 15 with 2,526 rooms. 1993 — Treasure Island Hotel opens October 27 with 2,900 rooms. 1993 — MGM Grand Hotel and Theme Park opens December 18, with 5,005 rooms and a 171,500- square-foot casino. 1994 — Four skywalks are built over the intersection of Tropicana Boulevard and the Las Vegas Strip. 1994 — The Fiesta, the first hotel-casino in North Las Vegas, opens with 100 rooms. 1995 — The first Hard Rock Hotel opens March 10. 1995 — $25 million monorail begins running between MGM Grand and Bally's hotel-casinos on June 14. 1995 — December 13 opening of the $70 million Fremont Street Experience. 1995 — Landmark Hotel imploded November 7. 1996 — Wayne Newton celebrates 25,000th Las Vegas performance. Siegfried and Roy celebrate 15,000th Las Vegas performance. 1996 — Stratosphere Tower, the tallest free-standing observation tower in the U.S. and the tallest structure west of the Mississippi River, opens April 30. 1996 — Monte Carlo, a joint venture between Circus Circus Enterprises Inc. and Mirage Resorts Inc. opens June 21. 1996 — $72 million, 1,100-acre Las Vegas Motor Speedway with tracks for drag, stock car and formula car races opens in September. 1996 — The Sands Hotel, after 44 years of continuous operation, imploded November 26. 1997 — New York-New York Hotel Casino opens on the Las Vegas Strip January 3. 1997 — The U.S. Air Force celebrates its 50th anniversary in an unequaled display of military aviation might attended by 80 foreign, high-ranking NATO and Pacific Air command officials, and 300,000 spectators. 1997 — Coca Cola Co. opens its World of Coca Cola' store in the Showcase Mall marked by a 100-foot-tall glass Coca Cola bottle. 1997 — The Forum Shops at Caesars on August 29 opened 35 new shops, stores and restaurants in a 276,000-square-foot expansion. 1997 — The Desert Inn Hotel Casino completes $200 million renovation and expansion. 1997 — Harley Davidson Cafe opens on the Las Vegas Strip, continuing the theme restaurant proliferation. 1997 — Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino opens Masquerade Village and new 41-story, 1,025-room tower giving the resort a total of 2,556 suites. 1998 — "Star Trek: The Experience" opens January 4 at the Las Vegas Hilton. 1998 — The Aladdin Hotel is imploded on April 27. 1998 — Bellagio, billed as the most expensive hotel in the world ($1.7 billion) opens October 15 on the Las Vegas Strip and initiates a policy barring persons under 18 years of age who are not registered guests of the hotel. 1998 — A 66-year-old Las Vegas resident hits a $27.58 million progressive Megabucks jackpot November 15 at the Palace Station Hotel Casino. 1998 — Annual gross gaming revenue in Nevada hits the $8.1 billion mark. 1998 — Annual number of visitors to Las Vegas totals 30.6 million people. 1999 — Mandalay Bay Resort opens March 2 with 3,300 rooms. 1999 — Four Seasons Hotel opens March 2 with 424 rooms. 1999 — Phase I of the Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino opens May 3 with 3,036 suites. 1999 — The Las Vegas Convention Center celebrates its 40th birthday. 1999 — Paris Las Vegas Casino Resort opens September 1. 1999 — Barbra Streisand, Bette Midler, Rod Stewart, Elton John, Tina Turner, Wayne Newton and Don Rickles are among the many entertainers booked by Las Vegas resorts to ring in the new century. 2002 — NEONOPOLIS entertainment center opens downtown at the Fremont Street Experience. 2003 — The $105 million '40s themed property, The Cannery, opens its doors. 2003 — Las Vegas Premium Outlets open in downtown Las Vegas. 2003 — McCarran International Airport introduces new electronic ticketing kiosk system. 2003 — Mandalay Bay opens new 1,120-suite tower, THEhotel. 2004 — Park Place Entertainment Corp. officially changes its name to Caesars Entertainment. 2004 — Harrah's Entertainment purchases Binion's Horseshoe. 2004 — Boyd Gaming Corporation merges with Coast Resorts. 2004 — Mergers abound in Las Vegas. MGM MIRAGE announces plans to purchase the Mandalay Resort Group. One month later, Harrah's Entertainment announces its plans to purchase Caesars Entertainment. 2004 — The Strip dims its lights for President Ronald Reagan's passing. Other dignitaries to receive such a remembrance upon their passing have included President John F. Kennedy; Rat Pack members Sammy Davis, Jr., Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin; and George Burns. 2004 — The Las Vegas Monorail, a $654 million mass transit system, opens to the public. 2005 — Las Vegas celebrates is Centennial year throughout 2005. 2005 — Wynn Las Vegas, the destination's newest megaresort, is scheduled open April 28, 2005. Interesting facts about Las Vegas:
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Red Rock Canyon-Howard Hughes Ranch Photo Tour
Tour guide was very knowageable about the dessert animals and plants. Had a interesting sense of humor with hislittle critters.Enjoyed all of his stories and input on getting the best photo shots. Developed all photos and they turned out great.
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