Chapter 3: Human Activity

Palelo-Indians were the first who visited the Las Vegas Valley hundred of years ago. They lived as nomads and this tribe left behind petroglyphs that helped the people of the Las Vegas community come to this discovery.   

Anasazi Indians were the next tribe that moved into the Southern Nevada Valley and lived along the Muddy and Virgin Rivers. The “Lost City” are ruins of the Anasazi community that can be found in Overton, Nevada, northwest of Las Vegas. The Pauite people also explored the Las Vegas area. 

Rafael Rivera was the first reported European to look upon the valley in 1829. His discovery of a valley contained artesian wells that supported extensive green areas; Las Vegas, Spanish for "The Meadows." 

 On May 3, 1844, while it was still part of Mexico, Jonh Fremont led a group of observers for the United States Army Corps of Engineers into the Las Vegas Valley.On May 10, 1855, following annexation by the United States, Brigham Young assigned a group of missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints led by William Bringhurst to the area to convert the Paiute Indian population to Mormonism. A fort was built near the current downtown area that served as a stopover for travelers along the "Mormon Corridor" between Salt Lake and the briefly thriving colony of saints at San Bernardino, California. Mormons abandoned Las Vegas in 1857, during the Utah War. Las Vegas was established as a railroad town on May 15, 1905







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