page_title: Las Vegas Mission
section_title: Prominent missionaries
hierarchical_section_title: Las Vegas Mission / Prominent missionaries
caption_attribution_description: English: Jacob Hamblin photo restored by digitalblissphotoart.com
context_page_description: The Las Vegas Mission was one of the earliest European settlements in the Las Vegas Valley. It was established by missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or Mormons. In May 1855, at the direction of then Church President Brigham Young, thirty-two missionaries were sent to evangelize among Native Americans and establish a mission outpost in the Las Vegas Valley. The mission was abandoned in December 1857 due to growing political issues revolving Mormons and the threat of Native American attacks.
context_section_description: The original expedition in 1855 was by 32 missionaries and in April 1856 Brigham Young dispatched additional missionaries.  Many of these missionaries had previously served missions and had held positions of prominence in the Church.
caption: Jacob Hamblin was called on many missions for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was known in the Church as the "Apostle to the Lamanites".
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