CSPAN3 American History TV June 4, 2016
Angeles, salt lake and san pedro railroad. They bought a ranch from a woman named Helen Stewart and decided they were going to lay owe town out here. People would say hey, i want to buy a lot on lot 22. The original plan had las vegas divided into 40 blocks. They need aid place for what they called vice the classic wild west vice, drinking, gamblingnd add prostitution. Heres the thing. Las vegas was going 0000 to be a respectable town. So you couldnt have it on fremont street. That was the main street. So it was a little bit away from the trainization station and one block off fremont. If you ...