Las Vegas History

The Folies Bergere at the Tropicana Hotel was the first show I ever saw in Las Vegas. We took my father to it for his 50th Birthday in 1975. They had just moved here, and I […]

We introduced you to Walter Zick last week. Walter Zick and his partner Harris Sharp started the Architectural Firm of Zick and Sharp in 1949. They had a monumental influence on the mid century years of Las Vegas. Walter’s […]

I heard a rumor that it’s going to be torn down. It’s the Sunrise Mountain Mansion of Don Reynolds, the founder of the Review Journal and Donrey Media Group. I never got to even be inside […]

Please help the Las Vegas Neon Museum save Vegas history…it only takes a click! Please vote for the Neon Museum as your choice for Hampton Landmarks’ All-American Nevada Landmark.  If selected, Hampton Hotels will aid the Neon […]

I missed it! Didn’t know about it. Neither did almost everyone else that should have been there. Fortunately, Steve Friess, our favorite freelance journalist, blogger, podcaster and client caught the last 2 hours of the […]

I’ve only ever caught a half dozen rainbows in all the years I’ve lived in Las Vegas. MaryJoy was out at the airshow and says it was spectular from NAFB. I caught it on Bracken […]

Being as Las Vegas History is one of the core topics we discuss and promote at VeryVintageVegas, it’s time to tell you about the next installment of the Untold Stories Series of Panel Discussions that […]

I want first to thank the volunteers who helped out. Your efforts helped create a safe and orderly open house with about 4000 visitors attending. Pam, MaryJoy, Paco, Susan, Nancy, Nikki, Erin, Rachel, Ben, Mary M, […]

If you’ve ever driven south on Sandhill from Flamingo…. you probably felt compelled to pull over and stare. That’s the backside of Dr. Lonnie Hammargren’s Home Of Nevada History. Dr. Lonnie holds an open house […]