The Development of Las Vagas

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This paper introduces and discusses the creation of Las Vegas. Specifically, it looks at how Bugsy Segal, Meyer Lansky and the Teamsters Union figured in the development of Las Vegas, and how the city has prospered and changed since it was first created.

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"Before there was Bugsy Siegel, the underworld, the Strip, and the bright lights, there were the Mormons. The first Mormon party set out to colonize lands in 1855. They arrived at an area known as "Las Vegas Spring" in mid-June. They began to build a permanent settlement, but in 1857, Brigham Young called them back to Salt Lake City. An O.D. Gass, acquired the area, and created the Las Vegas Ranch. Thus, Las Vegas was born. Politically and economically, Las Vegas added almost nothing to Nevada's coffers until the beginning of the twentieth century. Northern Nevada developed first, and this was where the state capital and most of the population lived. (Elliott). The mob would change all that."

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