75th Anniversary Relic - Las Vegas, NV
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N 36° 10.313 W 115° 08.780
11S E 666712 N 4004605
This marker is located in front of the Union Plaza Hotel in Las Vegas.
Waymark Code: WMBH70
Location: Nevada, United States
Date Posted: 05/22/2011
Views: 14
One marker here indicates that the plaque below is a "Las Vegas Diamond Jubilee 1905-1980 Historic Marker".
The unusual logated plaque below it reads:
"HISTORIC SITE
THIS LIGHT STAN-
DARD WAS PLACED
AT THE ENTRANCE
TO THE LAS VEGAS
UNION PACIFIC
RAILROAD STATION
IN 1937. THE DEPOT
WAS REMOVED IN
1970 TO MAKE WAY
FOR THE UNION
PLAZA HOTEL.
MR. FRANK SCOTT,
CHAIRMAN OF THE
BOARD OF UNION-
PLAZA HOTEL PRE-
SERVED THIS RELIC
OF THE CITY'S
PAST. NOW IT HAS
BEEN PLACED AT
THIS LOCATION TO
COMMEMORATE THE
75TH ANNIVERSARY
OF THE CITY OF
LAS VEGAS."
Wikipedia (
visit link) reports that the City was established in 1905 and incorporated as a city in 1911.
Group that erected the marker: unclear
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
1 Main Street
PO Box 760
Las Vegas, NV USA
89101
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