Auction Site - Las Vegas, NV
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Metro2
N 36° 10.314 W 115° 08.780
11S E 666712 N 4004606
This marker is located in front of the Union Plaza Hotel in Las Vegas.
Waymark Code: WMBH7B
Location: Nevada, United States
Date Posted: 05/22/2011
Views: 15
Located on a short obelisk is a plaque which reads:
"AUCTION SITE
ON MAY 15, 1905, IN THIS AREA, THE CITY
OF LAS VEGAS WAS FOUNDED WITH THE
AUCTION OF LOTS IN CLARK'S LAS VEGAS
TOWNSITE BY SAN PEDRO, LOS ANGELES &
SALT LAKE RAILROAD AND LAS VEGAS LAND
& WATER COMPANY, PREDECESSORS OF UNION
PACIFIC RAILROAD AND UPLAND INDUSTRIES
CORPORATION IN NEVADA."
Group that erected the marker: UNKNOWN
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
Las Vegas, USA
89101
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