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
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