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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJIM_first-las-vegas-post-office_Las-Vegas-NV.html
John Steele, one of the original L. D. S. missionaries, secured a mail grant for the Las Vegas Mission. The documents to establish the Post Office, and, appointing William Bringhurst Postmaster, were brought from Salt Lake City by Benjamin H Hulse…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJIK_las-vegas-fort_Las-Vegas-NV.html
In 1855 Pres. Brigham Young appointed a company of men under the leadership of William Bringhurst to establish a colony at Las Vegas. The company left Salt Lake May 10 and arrived at Las Vegas June 14, 1855 and camped near this site. William Bring…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJGN_the-welcome-to-las-vegas-sign_Las-Vegas-NV.html
The Welcome To Las Vegas Sign1959Has been placed on the National Registerof Historic PlacesBy the United States Department of the Interior
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJGM_the-little-church-of-the-west_Las-Vegas-NV.html
Built 1942Has been placed on the National Registerof Historic PlacesBy the United StatesDepartment of the Interior
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJFD_rafael-rivera_Las-Vegas-NV.html
This historical marker commemorates the valor and service of pioneer scout Rafael Rivera, the first Caucasian of record to view and traverse Las Vegas valley. Scouting for Antonia Armijo's sixty man trading party from Abiquiu, N.M. in January 1830…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM93_the-las-vegas-mormon-fort_Las-Vegas-NV.html
In April 1855, Brigham Young, President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints, called thirty men to leave their families and possessions in the recently settled towns of Utah to serve a mission at the Las Vegas Springs. The verdant me…