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city, seat (1862) of San Miguel county, north-central New Mexico, U.S. It lies along the Gallinas River, at an elevation of 6,435 feet (1,961 metres), in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. The original ...
Las Vegas
city, seat (1909) of Clark county, southeastern Nevada, U.S. The only major city in the American West to have been founded in the 20th century, Las Vegas grew from a tiny, desert-bound railroad ...
North Las Vegas
city, Clark county, southeastern Nevada, U.S. A part of the Las Vegas metropolitan area, the city was settled in the early 1920s by pioneers attracted by the water supply; it was originally named ...
Bank Craps
dice game, the variant of Craps most played in Nevada gambling houses. A special table and layout are used, and all bets are made against the house. A player signifies his bet by placing chips or ...
tap dance
The introduction of television and the rise of Las Vegas, Nevada, as a popular tourist attraction saved tap dance from a slow death. Variety shows, which included tap dancers along with their other ...
Las Vegas
Agriculture formed the basis of the Las Vegas economy from the mid-19th to the early 20th century. The city's outlying areas continued to depend on farming and ranching until the 1980s, when the ...
Las Vegas
The old downtown at the centre of the city became overshadowed in the 1950s by the Strip, the portion of Las Vegas Boulevard (and adjoining side streets) running some 4 miles (6 km) to the southwest, ...
Las Vegas
Las Vegas's historic core lies at a site once occupied by marshes, freshwater springs, and grassy meadows (hence the city's name; vegas is Spanish for "meadows"), long since covered by streets, ...
Las Vegas
Las Vegas is a place of million-lightbulb signs and fantastic architecture, of readily visible wealth and carefully hidden poverty. It is a place of superlatives, both positive and negative. Within ...
Nevada
The public school system is controlled by an elected Board of Education, which delegates administrative responsibilities to an appointed superintendent of public instruction. Local school districts, ...
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