Quick Fact – Women, Oh, No!
1905 A Las Vegas, Nevada newspaper commented on the increasing popularity of gambling among ladies: “Gambling made fashionable among women is a rather serious matter. It is bad enough among men, but when the mania…
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Games / Races: Faro
George "Tex" Rickard
Goldfield Hotel (Goldfield, NV)
Nevada
Quick Facts
The Northern (Tonopah, NV)
Wyatt Earp
Quick Fact – Earp Myths
1905 Folklore has it that Wyatt Earp was the pit boss at The Northern in Goldfield, Nevada for George “Tex” Rickard, the proprietor. But it likely is false, according to Nevada historians, Jeffrey Kintop and Guy…
00 (Double-0) Club (Las Vegas, NV)
Arcade (Las Vegas, NV)
Arizona Club (Las Vegas, NV)
Block 16--Nevada
California Hotel-Casino (Las Vegas, NV)
Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Murder
Gambling
Games / Races: Craps
Games / Races: Faro
Games / Races: Poker
Games / Races: Roulette
Gem (Las Vegas, NV)
It Really Happened
Prohibition
Red Onion (Las Vegas, NV)
Sin City
Star (Las Vegas, NV)
Turf (Las Vegas, NV)
Block 16: Sin City’s Early Days
1905-1941 Imagine in the early 1900s, a block about the length of a football field, in the Mojave Desert in Nevada where gambling, drinking and prostitution prevailed free from law enforcement’s intrusion, and where fights…