Las Vegas First 100

Las vegas Review-Journal's chronicle of the 100 Southern Nevadans who have had the biggest impact on the formation of Las Vegas over the city's first 100 years.

Part I - The Early Years

The following is a list of people who made the small town of Vegas possible.

John C. Fremont

William Bringhurst

O.D. Gass

Ute Perkins

Helen Stewart

Fred Colton

William A. Clark

Walter Bracken

J.T. McWilliams

Sam Gay

C.P. Squires

Peter Buol

Ed Clark

Queho

Roy Martin

Ed Von Tobel

Bill Tomiyasu

James Scrugham

Mark Harrington

David Lorenzi

Bob Hausler

Robert Griffith

Maude Frazier

Harley Harmon

A.E. Cahlan

Florence Lee Jones

Frank Crowe

Sims Ely

Mayme Stocker

Tony Cornero

Tom Williams

Ernie Cragin

James Cashman Sr.

Part II RESORT RISING

With new resort developments, Las Vegas became more than a small town. Here are some of the people who made it happen.

Thomas Hull

Howard Eells

'Magnesium Maggie'

Berkeley Bunker

Pat Mccarran

Eva Adams

Maxwell Kelch

Benjamin Siegel

Edmund Converse

Thomas Young

Florence Murphy

Steve Hannagan

Harvey Diederich

Del E. Webb

Moe Dalitz

Robbins Cahill

C.D. Baker

Alfred O'donnell

Ernest Becker

George 'Bud' Albright

Monsignor Thomas Collins

James B. Mcmillan

Oran K. Gragson

Grant Sawyer

Bob Bailey

Charles Kellar

Ralph Denton

Frank Sinatra

E. Parry Thomas

Bill Miller

Benny Binion

Walter Baring

Foley Family

Howard W. Cannon

Part III: A City In Full

In the final days of its birth century, Las Vegas matured, from a small town with a unique gambling industry, to a city complete with institutions befitting a population exceeding a million. Here are some of the people who made it happen.

Kirk Kerkorian

Liberace

Hank Greenspun

John Mowbray

Donn Arden

Irwin Molasky

Ralph Lamb

Al Bramlet

Otto Ravenholt

Reid Whipple

Howard Hughes

Bob Martin

Jay Sarno

William Bennett

Zack Taylor

Robert Broadbent

Elvis Presley

Ray Chesson

Jerry Vallen

Mike O'Callaghan

Jim Joyce

John Luckman

Anna Dean Kepper

John Siebold

Patricia Marchese

Don Laughlin

Fred Smith

Jerry Tarkanian

Jean Ford

Harry Reid

Alfreda Mitre

Bob Stupak

Steve Wynn

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