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Vegas Valley. Southern Paiutes at Moapa wearing traditional Paiute cradleboard 
and rabbit robe. The name Las Vegas was given to the area in 1829 by a 
Mexican scout .... Clark subsequently built another railroad branching off from 
Las Vegas to the... [DOC] [TLE] History of Las Vegas - LucyVegas.com [PAR] The Las Vegas Valley was discovered in 1829 by a trade caravan of 60 men ... 
The SP,LA & SL RR was started by U.S. Senator William Andrews Clark who was 
also the majority owner. ... In 1905, both auctioned lots on their land. ... Although 
William Clark sold the remains of the company to the Union Pacific Railroad,... [DOC] [TLE] William A. Clark | ONE [PAR] After the railroad was completed outside Jean, Nevada, in January 1905, ... 
Though the McWilliams site started about six months before Clark's, the exodus 
soon made the new towncalled the Clark Las Vegas Townsitethe preferred 
location ... his bribery attempt, once quipped: "I never bought a man who wasn't 
for sale. [DOC] [TLE] The Old Mormon Fort --Reading 2 - National Park Service [PAR] The first ranching activity in Las Vegas began in the fall of 1865 when ... Gass 
called his ranch Los Vegas Rancho--deliberately changing the spelling so as not 
... Although Archibald Stewart now owned the ranch, he only hoped to use it as a 
... of Las Vegas, Nevada on May 15, 1905 as lots for the town site were sold off in 
a... [DOC] [TLE] Timeline - Las Vegas Sun News [PAR] May 15, 1905: Clark auctions off 600 plots of land, establishing Las Vegas as a 
town. ... 1920: Population of Las Vegas is 2,304 (Clark County, 4,859). Nov. [DOC] [TLE] A Gamble in the Sand - Las Vegas Sun News [PAR] May 15, 2008 ... How Las Vegas transformed itself from a railroad watering hole to the '
Entertainment Capital of the World' ... in the more than 2 million residents who 
call Clark County home. ... misconception, was not built solely by a man they 
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articles, ... who named the area the Los Vegas Rancho (the altered spelling was 
to avoid ... In 1905 the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake railroad arrived in 
Las ... In 1931 construction began on the massive Boulder Dam (later renamed 
the... [DOC] [TLE] William Andrews Clark | Las Vegas Review-Journal [PAR] Feb 7, 1999 ... He left his name to Clark County, and built one of the West's more ... The cold-
weather beverage was a favorite in Montana bars, and he sold the eggs ... His 
own claims became doubly valuable to the man who owned the mill .... The Clark 
railroad purchased land for a townsite from the Las Vegas Ranch. [DOC] [TLE] RJ Weekly History Photos - Clark County [PAR] When she sold her spread to the railroad in 1902, she ... Pedro Railroad 
auctioned off lots at its new townsite of Las Vegas. ... When it came to choosing a 
name for Clark County, Montana senator .... to house the men who would erect 
Boulder City. ..... in 1905, owned the ranch that would later become Sunset Park, 
from. [DOC] [TLE] THE EVOLUTION OF A BLACK COMMUNITY IN LAS VEGAS: 1905 ... [PAR] for whom it was originally named (Paher, 1971: 70). He expected ... before the 
railroad and its subsidiarythe Las Vegas Land and Water Company-- 
conducted... [DOC] [TLE] How the Mormons Made Las Vegas - Vegas Seven [PAR] Jun 4, 2014 ... Mormons [have a] covenant to mourn with those who mourn, to comfort ... of Las 
Vegas pioneer Helen Stewart, who sold her land to the railroad. That sale led to 
the May 15, 1905, land auction and the building of the town of Las Vegas

Question: Vegas began in 1905 when a railroad owned by this man, for whom Vegas' county is named, sold off land
Answer: William Clark