How extreme heat helped make Las Vegas

Air conditioning turned extreme weather into another tourist attraction

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Overlooking Las Vegas, the mystique–and myths–of Mount Charleston

Sitting as it does in the Mojave Desert of southern Nevada, less than 300 miles from Mexico, the immediate Las Vegas area has pretty mild winters, with no snow most years. Except for this: A scan of the mountainous horizon … Continue reading

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Las Vegas predictions for 2022

Trump, Covid, the mob–they’re all here

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In Las Vegas, Trump tries to rig Nevada election outcome–like Abe Lincoln did

Nevada gained statehood in 1864 just in time to vote for the Republican incumbent

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New book paints namesake of Fremont Street in Las Vegas as the war criminal he was

“Imperfect Union,” by Steve Inskeep, recounts John C. Frémont’s slaughter of Indians and Latinos

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Far from Las Vegas: U.S. once had a gay president, and vice president, too

The relationship of James Buchanan and William R. King prompted rumors back in the day

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Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas, may revise John C. Frémont exhibit after my criticisms

Official acknowledges war criminal acts, among other bad stuff, was left out of display

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Las Vegas exhibit to open for war criminal John C. Frémont

By massacring Indians and Latinos, he helped open the West to gringos.

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Clark County, home of Las Vegas, is named for a corrupt tycoon

Copper mogul William A. Clark tried to bribe his way into U.S. Senate before putting a railroad straight through the future Sin City

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Las Vegas is apt place for Trump election-rigging talk

Republicans favoring Lincoln hurriedly turned Nevada into a state eight days before the 1864 election

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Popular Fremont Street in Las Vegas named for a war criminal

John C. Frémont was a military officer, politician, businessman–and murderer.

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