Nevada
- Las Vegas, Land Only (no airfare)
Las
Vegas has claimed the title of “America’s
playground” for generations. And still they come. Yet it was not
gambling that first caused people to settle in this pleasant little valley,
but the Mormon Church, which first created a mission here in 1855. The
Mormons’ first attempts at settlement failed, but gradually, as the
Civil War ended and Indian raids no longer posed a significant threat, the
tiny town once more began to grow. And so it continued until gambling was
legalized in the State of Nevada in 1931. Today, Las Vegas is one of the
fastest-growing cities in the US, spurred on in part by the low cost of
living.
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