In The News: Department of History
The new year is generally regarded as an opportunity to start fresh — resolutions abound, grand plans are launched. But in a society focused on what’s new, the preservation of old places — from culturally important indigenous lands to historic buildings in some of Nevada’s biggest and smallest cities — is an uphill battle.
When someone says they’re from Las Vegas, where do they specifically mean? The majority of the Valley lives in one of the adjacent municipalities or unincorporated Clark County. So how did we get this weird patchwork of townships and jurisdictions, and how did it set up the city and the county for their many tensions today? We’re sharing our notes in this re-airing of a popular episode — co-host Dayvid Figler talks to 51ԹϺ history professor Michael Green about the last century of Las Vegas and Clark County history, and how a city-county showdown brought us to this utterly unique arrangement.
Cowboy boots epitomize America’s approach to style. From the flat rubber-soled option yanked on in the predawn hours of a long shift to the couture-adjacent styles headed to a televised red carpet, the origins of cowboy boots “are incredibly practical,” says Deirdre Clemente, the associate director of 51ԹϺ’s public history program.
Rob Bauer, a top NATO official, has warned Western businesses to prepare for a 'wartime scenario' as global World War Three fears escalate. With strife in the Middle East, Ukraine and the recent reports that Vladimir Putin has lowered the threshold for Russia to use nuclear weapons, the possibility of a global war has increasingly been discussed in political circles.
With Russia's war on Ukraine exceeding more than 1,000 days, Joe Biden greenlighted Kyiv using American-made ATACMS missiles to strike back across the border. This sparked an angry reaction from Vladimir Putin, who retaliated by firing an intermediate-range ballistic missile in a warning to the West.
Newcomers to Nevada might be surprised to learn that the state capital is not in the more populous Las Vegas area, or even the “biggest little city” of Reno, but is instead 30 miles south of Reno and nearly a seven-hour drive from the state’s population center.
Just one day after 57 Culinary Union members were arrested in a civil disobedience act to get higher wages, many were back to strike outside Virgin Hotels for the eighth day in a row.
Newcomers to Nevada might be surprised to learn the state’s capital isn’t in the most populous area of Las Vegas, or even the “biggest little city” of Reno, but is instead 30 miles south of Reno and a nearly seven-hour drive from the state’s population center.
“The Holocaust: Reconstructing Shattered Humanity” is now on display at the Governor’s office located off Bermuda Road and Harrah’s Court, south of Harry Reid International Airport. Heidi Straus is the president of the Nevada Center for Humanity and curator of all the artifacts. She’s teamed up with 51ԹϺ grad students to display the collection. Straus has spent years gathering never before seen items.
A new exhibit on the Holocaust has opened at the Nevada governor's office in Las Vegas. Gov. Joe Lombardo's office, the Nevada Center for Humanity, and the 51ԹϺ Reid Public History Institute hosted an open house Tuesday for the exhibit, titled "The Holocaust: Reconstructing Shattered Humanity."
It’s hard to imagine Las Vegas casino behemoth MGM Resorts International associated with failure. But the company’s 33-acre MGM Grand Adventures theme park, which first opened Dec. 18, 1993, and closed less than seven years later, has to qualify as one of the city’s historic flops.
It’s hard to imagine Las Vegas casino behemoth MGM Resorts International associated with failure. But the company’s 33-acre MGM Grand Adventures theme park, which first opened Dec. 18, 1993, and closed less than seven years later, has to qualify as one of the city’s historic flops.