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Las Vegas founded on May 15, 1905

April 5th, 2007 · No Comments

Hoover Dam

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.. Las Vegas is Spanish for “the meadows” and was founded as a city on May 15, 1905 by Mormon Missionaries?

These early settlers were followed by construction workers who built the Hoover Dam, one of the Seven Modern Wonders of the World.

This resulted in a population boom and the economy began to prosper.

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