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Las Vegas, the name is Spanish for "The Meadows", had no population at all when Nevada became a state in 1864. By 1931, when Nevada legalised gambling, there was only a small town with about 5,000 people engaged in ranching and working on the railroad. Since then this huge city based on gambling has grown up in the desert. Right: Wedding Chapels are another of the boom industries of Las Vegas, encouraged by the relaxed state marriage laws. Behind is El Rancho, the first casino hotel to be opened on the Strip in 1941.
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Right: The Mirage has attractive gardens and waterfalls outside but being Las Vegas they become a volcanic eruption each hour.
Above: The Oasis like the Mirage is situated on the Strip, a road into the desert in the 1940's but now surrounded by the city. |  |
Right: Glitter Gulch in the downtown area where the original centre of Las Vegas gambling was founded. Above: Caesar's Palace is one of the best-known names amongst the cities' casinos. |
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Las Vegas by Night Left: The Strip at night. In the foreground is the Riviera which has been running its show Splash for many years. |
Above: The Mirage, next door to Caesar's Palace, does not want to be out shone by its more famous neighbour.
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Left: Caesar's Palace makes sure that its entrance columns and huge complex is not missed at night. Modesty is never in fashion in Las Vegas.
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Right: The Flamingo Hilton on the Strip. |  |
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