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Kyle (Kiel) Ranch

06 Thursday Aug 2020

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Clark County, Las Vegas, Nevada, Nevada Historic Markers

Kyle (Kiel) Ranch

Established by Conrad Kiel in 1875, this was one of the only two major ranches in Las Vegas Valley throughout the 19th century. The Kiel tenure was marked by violence. Neighboring rancher Archibald Stewart was killed in a gunfight here in 1884. Edwin and William Kiel were found murdered on the ranch in October 1900.

The San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad purchased the ranch in 1903 and later sold it to Las Vegas banker John S. Park, who built the elegant white mansion.

Subsequent owners included Edwin Taylor (1924-39), whose cowboy ranch hands competed in national rodeos, and Edwin Losee (1939-58), who developed the Boulderado Dude Ranch here, a popular residence for divorce seekers.

In the late 1950’s, business declined and the ranch was sold. In 1976, 26 acres of the original ranch were purchased jointly by the City of North Las Vegas and its Bicentennial Committee as a historic project.

Nevada State Historic Marker # 224

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Blue Diamond, Nevada

29 Wednesday Jul 2020

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Blue Diamond, Clark County, Nevada

Blue Diamond is a small community just outside of Las Vegas in the beautiful desert mountains.

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The Last Spike

07 Tuesday Jul 2020

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This site is near where workers drove the last spike which completed the railroad between Salt Lake City, Utah, and Los Angeles, California. It was driven on January 30, 1905. This was the last “transcontinental” line to Southern California and one of the last lines built to the Pacific Coast. There was no formal celebration at the time of the last spike. The men on the spot gave some recognition to the event.

Las Vegas owes its existence to the railroad, then known as the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad, as the men in charge laid out the town and established a division point there, taking advantage of a good supply of water.

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Another historic marker about the same thing located nearby, from what I can tell at the actual location is this one:

The Last Spike

Track crews constructing west from Salt Lake City met track crews constructing east from Los Angeles January 30, 1905.

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The Yellow Pine Mining Company Railroad

05 Sunday Jul 2020

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The Yellow Pine Mining Company Railroad, a historic marker in Jean, Nevada.

Built in 1911, the Yellow Pine Mining Company Railroad was a twelve and a half mile long narrow-gauge railroad connecting the town of Goodsprings to the Union Pacific Railroad here at Jean. The railroad was built from material purchased from the defunct Quartette Mine Railroad in Searchlight, Nevada. The Yellow Pine Mining District covered the area around Goodsprings and the Sandy Valley area. The primary ores mined were zinc and lead. Other mines produced gold, silver, platinum, palladium, copper, vanadium, molybdenum, nickel, cobalt, and uranium. The district went through several booms and busts, and be 1930 the railroad was out of business. The rails were torn up in 1934, but the right-of-way can still be seen along the road between Jean and Goodsprings.

The Arrowhead Trail Highway

05 Friday Jun 2020

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A historic marker in Jean, Nevada.

The first automobile road to connect Los Angeles and Las Vegas was the Arrowhead Trail Highway. Planned, promoted and built beginning i the second decade of the twentieth century, this was one of the named interstate highways of the Good Roads movement. The Arrowhead Trail Highway eventually connected Los Angeles, across the desert to Las Vegas, and then north to Salt Lake City. The road was later numbered Highway 91, and parts of the road are now part of Interstate 15. The final route of the Arrowhead Trail Highway entered Nevada at today’s Primm, and followed a dirt road to Las Vegas. In Las Vegas, it became Fifth Street, and later Las Vegas Boulevard. You can still follow the 1920s route from Jean through Las Vegas, by taking Las Vegas Boulevard from here.

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Concrete Arrow – Jean

01 Monday Jun 2020

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I love the old navigation concrete arrows, see this page for more info.

This is one I came across while geocaching near Jean, Nevada.

N 35.74019 W 115.35232

Venetian Hotel

28 Tuesday Aug 2018

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Another time stopping by the beautiful Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas.

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Seven Magic Mountains

14 Thursday Jun 2018

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Clark County, Land Art, Nevada

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Seven Magic Mountains

Almost like a fluorescent Stonehenge in the desert near Jean, Nevada (South of Las Vegas along Interstate 15),  Seven Magic Mountains is a Land Art installation that draws many for photo opportunities.

“Seven Magic Mountains is an artwork of thresholds and crossings, of balanced marvels and excessive colors, of casting and gathering and the contrary air between the desert and the city lights.” – Ugo Rondinone

This is an example of Land Art, for more info and examples visit this page.

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Plaza Hotel & Casino

20 Thursday Jul 2017

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Clark County, Fremont Street, Las Vegas, Nevada

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Located at Main Street and Fremont Street is the Plaza, prior to the construction of the casino, part of the site was used for the first train station in Las Vegas, a Spanish style depot, constructed in 1906. It was replaced in 1940 with a Streamline Moderne train station designed by H. L. Gogerty, with a Union Pacific shield, and “Streamliners & Challangers” neon sign. This station was demolished in 1970 and replaced by the Union Plaza Hotel, which included a small waiting room to be used as a station for Amtrak trains.

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Golden Gate Hotel & Casino

19 Wednesday Jul 2017

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Clark County, Fremont Street, Las Vegas, Nevada

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The Golden Gate Hotel & Casino is located at One Fremont Street in Las Vegas, Nevada, in the United States. A part of the Fremont Street Experience, it is the oldest and smallest hotel (106 rooms) on the Fremont Street Experience.

John F. Miller initially opened a temporary tent hotel – the Miller Hotel – on the property in 1905, while he planned to construct a permanent hotel structure, which opened as the Hotel Nevada on January 13, 1906. A casino operated within the hotel until a statewide gambling ban took effect in 1909. In 1931, the property was expanded and renamed as Sal Sagev (“Las Vegas” spelled backwards). The casino reopened that year when gambling in Nevada was legalized again. In 1955, the casino was renamed as the Golden Gate. The entire property was renamed as the Golden Gate Hotel and Casino in 1974. The Golden Gate was known for its cheap shrimp cocktails, served from 1959 to 2017.

Located at 1 Fremont Street in Las Vegas, Nevada

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