They dubbed a marshy area along the way Las Vegas -- "the meadows." As explorers and settlers moved westward throughout the American continent, Utah and California became influential neighbors ...

In 1967, the year that Howard Hughes began buying up Las Vegas casinos ... the Mirage was the largest casino in the world. It features a 54-foot volcano, which erupts every half hour after ...

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