Las Vegas Fremont Poster Highway Descending more than 1

Descending more than 1

White Sands was a popular picnicking site before it was declared a national monument in 1933

The rich hues and wild contrasts of these monolithic towers prompted the National Geographic Society to name this region after a popular brand of color film in 1949

Nicodemus is the first and only surviving Black settlement west of the Mississippi River

Las Vegas Fremont Poster Highway Descending more than 1Description 14" x 22" poster Interpretive Copy When a years old gambling ban was repealled in 1931, along with prohibition in 1933, the small main drag through Las Vegas known as Fremont Street soon became host to a crop of new casinos. The construstion of Hoover Dam along with gaming restrictions in other states, brought more people and growth to a city that now sees more than 42 million visitors each year.