When Las Vegas was first established it was actually colonized by thirty Mormon missionaries, who were sent to the town to convert the local Native American’s to the practice of Mormonism. Back in 1855 Las Vegas had been annexed as part of the United States, where eleven years previously it has still been part of the country of Mexico. However, during what was known as the ‘Utah War’ of 1857, the Mormon’s left town and Las Vegas became an establish railroad town instead. Until 1905 Las Vegas wasn’t an establish named city, but during 1905 the one hundred and ten acres of what is now ‘downtown’ Vegas was auctioned off. Until 1908 Vegas was part of Lincoln County, but when the city established a new county called Clark County, and Vegas became the major city in Clark County.
During the days of the pioneer trails the town was a popular stopover, especially after the railroad came through. Once the railroad became more prolific Vegas became less so, but, after the completion of the famous Hoover Dam in 1935, the town once again became revitalized. During the 1940’s Las Vegas was developed further into a city, rather than a town and in 1931, when gambling was legalized, it opened the door for casino’s, hotels, restaurants and other tourist attractions to bring people to the city.
Rapid Growth and Culture
Las Vegas is now mostly famous for its gambling and casino’s, but it has many other popular places to see. Among those is the Las Vegas Natural History Museum, the Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement—thanks to organized crime lords such as Bugsy Siegel and Meyer Lansky, who founded some of the largest casino’s. In the 1940’s Las Vegas saw its most growth owing to the atomic bomb research during World War II. Hotel businesses grew because of the testing parties that were thrown and of course people needed food. There were an influx of Mexican restaurants in Las Vegas as well as other cultural foods from around the world. Nowadays Las Vegas has thousands of world restaurants for tourists and locals to enjoy and experience. Some are part of the hotels and casinos and others are independent restaurants scattered up and down the strip as well as downtown.
To experience a fresh and authentic Mexican Restaurants in Las Vegas visit Roberto’s Taco Shop for more details and a look at the menu.
