
Las Vegas Fort - 40
N 36° 10.833 W 115° 08.000
11S E 667863 N 4005588
This Las Vegas Fort D.U.P. historic marker is located at the Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort State Historic Park in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Waymark Code: WM3G9D
Location: Nevada, United States
Date Posted: 04/02/2008
Views: 64
The marker text reads as follows: "In 1855 Pres. Brigham Young appointed a company of men under the leadership of William Bringhurst to establish a colony at Las Vegas. The company left Salt Lake May 10 and arrived at Las Vegas June 14, 1855 and camped near this site. William Bringhurst was appointed President. Wm. S. Covert and Ira S. Miles, counselors. Sunday, June 17 they built a bowery and held their first religious services. The next day they began to build the fort, 150 feet square, with walls 14 feet high, 2 feet wide at base and 1 foot at top."
Marker Name: Las Vegas Fort
 Marker Number: 40
 Marker Text: See long description.

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