Visitors can pay $3 to tour the state park and to see first-hand a “multitude of historical artifacts,” including pottery remnants and stone tools, according to the park service. The fort has gone through multiple iterations: a for Mormon settlement, a ranch for a pair of families, and then property of a railroad. was the first settlement in the valley built by non-natives. The Las Vegas Review-Journal compiled a list of a handful of the Las Vegas Valley’s historic sites.Įstablished along a free-flowing-water creek in 1855, the site - 500 E. The city operates a virtual map highlighting nearly 30 sites. The city of Las Vegas’ Historic Preservation Commission evaluates “activities for buildings, structures and places of historical and architectural significance,” and supervises applications to the national and local historic registries. Through preservation, these sites are protected from major changes or demolition. There’s the huge sphere, a stadium that will host the next Super Bowl, and modern resorts that often rest on sites of other hotels once deemed transformative.īut peppered throughout the Las Vegas Valley are much older sites, including schools, neighborhoods, a theater and other hotels, which showcase the city’s rich history.

Through innovation, Las Vegas maintains its reputation as a world-class destination. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Quinn Willman, 3, fishes at Floyd Lamb Park Tuesday, April 28, 2020, in Las Vegas.

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