The City of Las Vegas: The Twenties
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- “The City of Las Vegas, the Early Years,” was commissioned by the Commission for the Las Vegas Centennial, and focuses on the early history of our city during the 1920s. Part 1 of the documentary was released on May 15, 2019 and focused on the founding and first 20 years of the community. Both parts were produced by Boyd Productions LLC.
The documentary was funded by the Commission for the Las Vegas Centennial. The commission has established a grant program to support community initiatives that are of a historic nature, by utilizing the revenue generated from the special commemorative Las Vegas Centennial license plate.
It is so nice to see a local station in America producing real content!
Fantastically done! As one who resided in Las Vegas for 20 years, I'll always adore this City.
Viva, Las Vegas!
Viva . .. Las Vegas ! 🤗
Outstanding documentary ...... Bravo !
Many thanks!
@@KCLVChannel2 @Jatz yeah, me too. @MarkPeters Probably not @JatzMuppet Academics have a different view, but I don't subscribe to it personally.
these photographs are classic
Wonderful documentary; thanks for posting!
I really hope for the release of a Part 3 in the future.
Amazing how these ppl survived this area! Love the stories💕 thanks to whom ever made these videos👍🏼👍🏼💐
I did thoroughly enjoy this documentary and the first one so very detailed history of the Las Vegas area if you missed the first one go back and watch it
I remember cruising Fremont Street in the 60s. We drove down to the railroad station turned around and drive down to the Blue Onion then back up again. Good time
Yes! I understand why Las Vegas enclosed Fremont Street. But in some ways it’s become trashy & full of boarder line hookers that pose almost nude with tourists🤮
@@stevenc8140 That's a bad thing? Who doesn't love a good hooker.
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My heart is in Las Vegas a hundred years later!! What a wonderful presentation of history. I give it a solid 10!!!
Me too. A solid 10.
My existence and financial well being is 85 years ago,
As a local, I'm really loving these documentaries on Vegas's history and what life was like then. Looking forward to seeing and learning more!
We're so glad. What other Vegas history items would you like to see?
@@cityoflasvegas As a member of the Latino community, I'm surprise the 1920s had bouncing cars. Time stamp of this scene is, 59:49.
@@henerybutron506 That's funny.
Great presentation! I'm in Ohio,......I grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, a city built by the manufacturing of steel, and our connection with the automotive industry. We knew nothing about the western states, being so far into the middle of the country. It wasn't until I was in my 30s did I begin to study the histories of our state. The industrialization of many Ohio cities that contributed to progress made in auto manufacturing. Cleveland being a port on the great Lake Erie, connected us with Chicago & Michigan. The railroads connected us to the east & west coasts. Then air travel connected us to the world. I enjoyed this video series immensely. The old photos, early films, story narration really brought it all together. I will probably watch this a few more times,....and keep a link to it in my archives.
Same but I grew up in Youngstown ohio
@@TheHarlequin116 Recently, I was telling some younger folks, about how gray Cleveland's skies were when I was growing up. I didn't realize then, that it was all the sooty smoke being generated down in The Flats, where all the steel mills were. It wasn't completely obvious to me, because I lived in an eastern suburb, a good 30 minutes away from the heart of all that industrial activity. But in present times, well at least after the 1970s, if you see photos taken after that period of time, our skies are clear. They even were able to clean up oil slicks, that blackened the Cuyahoga River.
its crazy how from 1905 to 1920 how big the town grew. amazing
Well, I moved to Vegas sight unseen in '78 when I was 21 years old and for thirty years I had the time of my life!! I had opportunities I NEVER would have had in Portland, OR!!! I was even dealing at the Stardust when I was only 23 ...even tho it took me 4 YEARS to complete basic math in HS!!! lol And I especially LOVED 'Old Vegas' , it broke my heart seeing the Sands, Dunes and all the rest of the classics being imploded one after the other making way for the big Corporations to come in and take over. Sure they are shiny new and gorgeous, but the HEART of Vegas is long gone. :(
This was an excellent and very informative series on Las Vegas!! Thank you and looking forward to rest.
I played those casinos in the early 80’s. I even won a tie dye shirt from the Stardust .
I grew up in Vegas. My neighbor had a construction company and rebuilt the dunes golf course. That happened in the late 50s early 60s. I was to young to appreciate or participate in much of what was available but we tried from time to time. Back then you could drive down the strip without stopping and there was still space between the casinos. Went back to see my dad in October 2020. It was a shocking to say the least and saddened me when I realized the town I grew up in didn’t exist anymore. Drove out to Red Rock where we use to ride our horses, hunt climb the rocks and campout. They were charging admission 😢😳. Sad, sad, sad
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Oh, sorry. I didn't see your reply til now.
You earned a tie dyed shirt, huh?? Cool!! 😉
@@TomBTerrific
Omigoodness, that must have been a huge shock seeing Vegas again after all those years!!! Yea...I cried as all the beautiful old casinos were demolished one by one... The Sands, Dunes...some of the glitzier ones I loved to go to. It broke all our hearts seeing them going, going, gone. But the ultra mega resorts that soon went up were certainly gorgeous and extravagant, to say the least. Just incredible!!!
I went back in 2019 after being gone for 10 years and BOY WHAT A CHANGE. It truly is an amazing place and I miss it like crazy. But I also miss "Old Vegas" .....and young Jill. Cant go back .lol
I also loved Red Rock, Mt Charleston, Hoover Dam. Great places to go for different reasons. Just fun little getaways. And yea, when I was back there I was actually not too surprised to see that every casino now charges for parking.
Everything changes... 😥
Take good care, wherever in the World you are. 😉
Kudos for a very well done series with great production value and historical content 👍
My dad moved to Las Vegas in 1953. In 1956 my mom, sister and I moved there. I think the population was about 45,000 then. My first school I attended was Red Rock Elementary. We only lives there for a short time before our folks purchased a home in Twin Lakes. What a wonderful place it was. I enjoyed watching the first two parts. There were many things I never knew.
What an enjoyable video. Who would guess?....Who would believe?....Las Vegas could become the "wonderland" it has become today? I went there FIRST in 1962. By that time, only a few years after the events in this video, it was already "Magic"!
Thanks so much for making these. Las Vegas does have an insanely interesting history, especially when you think about how short it really is. So glad to see Helen J Stewart featured in this. She's the best.
I watch both videos and enjoyed them both very much. Thank you for the production and I look forward to seeing more. I grew up in SoCal and visited Las Vegas a number of times in the late 1960’s on vacations with my parents. I still have the 8mm film my mother created as we drove along The Strip with the Rat Pack playing on signs. Did not get back to Las Vegas again until 2000 and was amazed at the change. Just an over-the-tip Wonderland and loved it.
Thank you for posting this great documentary!!!😀👍
Have now watched both parts - Can't wait til the 50's Las Vegas is done.
Me too, the rat pack years!
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it's fascinating how these people had the motivation, inspiration to build, produce, etc., against all odds
Necessity is the mother of invention. they didn't have welfare, food stamps, unions, healthcare, birth control nor safety net programs.
It was very common for courts and law enforcement on the Eastern seaboard, to send prisoners West and drop them off out there...
people take modern tax payer supported jails and prisons for granted - they cost towns money, they didn't want to pay to feed and house criminals... same thing with Mexico getting rid of their criminals. They don't want to pay for them.
So, folks didn't have a lot of choice in many ways. Education was for the wealthy.
Sink or swim.
There's your motivation.
The Eastern seaboard was getting increasingly populated -
As far as "inspiration"? you might notice that these Grand investors all had mansions in nyc.
Clark county is named after a man who never lived anywhere near it. he was a long distance investor... Who controlled people's lives from afar.
People had to start pushing West because of the population... They were still farming, hunting homesteading back then.
You can still find places to live that style. But there's lots of it, because we have safety nets, welfare, pensions.
What about my travels and work on a few continents? The poorest people are definitely the smartest overall
if I were trapped on a desert island? I'd rather hang out with the poorest people then Harvard PhD graduates
They know how to live by inventing out of necessity.
@@TheFoolintherainn - Another factor in our collective lack of willpower is that we’re in an era of instant gratification. Everything can be had on demand. Need a new TV? Get it 1-day free shipping. Dissatisfied with your relationship? Swipe right on Tinder.
In this documentary, they mention multiple times how the people in Las Vegas held hope for years for the Hoover Dam. These days, it’s easy to quickly lose hope in large visions, because there’s someone always on the other side of the development with a large megaphone, trying to break your faith for their own self-interest. And you can always find instant gratification elsewhere. So the big win gets abandoned for a labyrinth of small, meaningless wins.
@@TheFoolintherainn This is a great comment. Absolutely right!
@@SergioVanH thank you - my father had a wonderful intellectual curiosity, pinched pennies - and educated us children ... had us travel.
but unfortunately, after he left this earth? The rest of the family took everything I had, and I turned to poor people to help me raise four children on my own
it's an amazing feeling when your hands do things you thought were never capable
When I took a serious economic slide, it was the wealthy folks, lawyers, social workers and whatnot who took everything from me..
I had to learn how to live again - and that came from hanging out in third world countries and with very smart poor people
So you're complement goes directly to them - my words are simply relaying they're incredible fortitude and strength.
Blessings to you and yours
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Those here were a rough and tough people. MY Great Grandfathers took their families to the mountains for the summer. Mainland Bunkerville Mountain by Mesquite
Wow!! What an excellent comprehensive documentary!
I just typed a a short rave review on Part 1...not knowing it was "part 1," wishing to see more. And voila, here it is.
Really enjoyed this look back at old Las Vegas, and listening to Kitzie’s narration. Looking forward to part 3!
Thanks, Cyrill. We're recording the narration for part 3 on Thursday.
5 years: The contractors were allowed 7 years from April 20, 1931, but concrete placement in the dam was completed May 29, 1935, and all features were completed by March 1, 1936.
Was waiting and waiting for part 2!!! It finally came. Las Vegas history is amazing and shows Vegas can overcome crazy odds and endure. Keep going and get the next part done!!!
Vegas sucks. Who tf in their right mind wants to live in a desert? lmao
@@Karlach_ Millions do just as is the case for Phoenix and So CA. Perhaps you haven't visited the sprawling suburbs many of which are actually quite green. Vegas is a major metro with many beautiful areas, spectacular mountains, national parks and ski resorts all nearby.
@@kendalldad Lmao cope harder
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Love seeing how this town looked, back in those days!! Amazing, and interesting!!!! Great to see Mark in this too! ❤️
This was fascinating
Thank you for sharing
Good Historical Documentary. Thanks
I love this series & can’t wait for the next installment!
I am fascinated by our city’s history, as checkered as it may be
Thank you for sharing part 1 and 2 ~~~ I was mesmerized ...never had a chance to see Las Vegas yet ... 19 years ago ... dead in family and never had a chance to go ,,,, ohh well ,, thanks KCLV Channel 2 ... ~~~
Part 3, The City of Las Vegas -- The Thirties, was just released! czcams.com/video/YZEl3fhUzzM/video.html
My Great Aunt and Uncle lived there back in the 20s ! He died in the 50s and She passed in the 90s . When Uncle. Harry was alive He owned a upholstery shop, and my Aunt Sarah was a house wife, that ran a small boarding house . Their last name was Jeffries !! If anyone remembers them or knew them I would love to connect !! Luv Ya !!
My mom and dad moved here back in the 40s worked at the boulder club
@@josephineddddd They were great I'm sure. Their daughter is nut job Trumpie.
@@LAFan You're a tough one. 2nd grade name calling.
@@LAFan that would mean you voted for Biden. Not exactly something worth advertising. But then again all things considered… haha 😂
Las Vegas is fantastic!
Greetings from Germany!
As a kid, we lived in FLorida and my folks would fly to Vegas, we stayed in the Golden Nugget. I was too young for anything but it was so fun. 1980’s
Nice to see this documentary, I was hoping there would be a part III
Me too
Ditto.
There is! We recorded the narration today, it was such an interesting script. You'll love it!
@@voce50 When might that be released?? Love these documentaries!
@@mousegu I think perhaps April? I'm so glad you're enjoying them!
Excellent documentary !!!
In the 1980’s I bowled in a professional bowling tournament on Fremont Street. It was The Show Boat bowling alley.
this documentary is so informative part 1 and 2
here is part 3 if you have not seen it: czcams.com/video/YZEl3fhUzzM/video.html
Excellent stuff.
Great. I have been waiting for this. really liked Part 1.
Me. Part 2
Can't wait for part 3.
here it is! czcams.com/video/YZEl3fhUzzM/video.html
So interesting. Thank you.......”Vegas is open!” Block 16&17 is hopping! It is not a dirty and dusty town anymore. Vegas is thriving. Beautiful to see this history.
Interesting history of New Vegas.
So few born and raised since these times. I wish I could have experienced the 20s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s. After that its been spiraling out of control.
How is it spiralling would you say?
It’s always been out of control lol
i understand what you mean brother
I consider myself to have been the last generation (Gen X) that remembers and experienced life before the internet. Millennials were young. Being an 80s kid was a blessing.
Blessed to be a millennial and be able to see such amazing things from before my time. However I would have loved to experience the 50s-80s
Born and raised in vegas.family been here since 40s
so #Josephine #Dark you are a Vegas baby💋❤🌹
And you are a shame to them I'm sure by your ridiculous comment on the pandemic.
Moe dalitz the real Mr las Vegas
awesome work, i wish you could have told it to recent days......still superb....
Okay! So I am hooked. This is incredible.
This is a very interesting look at the city that never sleeps
Watching from Ohio great job I lived in Vegas for 5 years and never knew the whole story Smitty out 🙃
Because if great minds and visionaries, a city in the middle of the dessert came alive and be known to the world as Las Vegas!!!
Excellent series
Just goes to show how little we know about history. I always thought that Las Vegas was a dirt town built by gambling with the start of the Flamingo and the Mob. The truth is it was built by people’s determination and resilience. Yes, the railroad was the main stimulus, but the People made it happen!!
WHY Amtrak does NOT have train service to Las Vegas is beyond me. You can take an Amtrak BUS there...but no rail service. One would think, because of all the rail competition to service Las Vegas, even as early as the turn of the century, SOMEONE would be providing service there.
Briteline is planning a high speed train as they're doing in Florida. It will link Vegas with Southern CA.
Too many individuals own the parcel that connect Los Angeles / San Pedro to Las Vegas!
Perhaps AIRLINES want a MONOPOLY 🤔
Inspiring. Thank you!!
Great documentary!! Las Vegas has been hit hard with the COVID-19 but I know this town and its hard-working people will come back better than ever!
In 1968
The Desert Inn, Sands,. Frontier, Silver Slipper Castaways, and developed Landmark Hotel
were bought to set an unheard precedent in casino ownerships by
The Hughes
Corporation
In 1969
The International
Las Vegas Hilton -
Westgate became the first mega resort
of its time by
M.G.M Corporation
In 1989
The Mirage Hotel Casino became a future image of
Las Vegas Blvd by
Golden Nugget
Incorporated
Thank you
Howard R. Hughes
Kirk Kerkorian
Steve Wynn
Your efforts are
legendary
cars with hydraulics has nothing on that car at 59:46 from way back when. What a bladder buster of a ride.
It's fascinating how fast Las Vegas grew. From 1911 when it was officially incorporated to the 1920s and 1930s when the mob was taking over.
Yeah. Fascinating. A real thrill ride. Honestly, the adrenalin surges make it difficult to type. I can barely move.
My most positive thoughts to all Las Vegans, my fellow neighbors of yesterday, near and dear to my heart still today, each receiving vast abundant good energies for their Hopes and Desires, and all in Best Wellbeing...
Love you guys ❤
Love Las Vegas having a more mature minded view on life, race, gender, and the various subjects that humans do. They realize how elite Corporatists capitalize on this and use it in their ownership of Mainstream News Media to manipulate the lower-minded and create chaos.
I'm about to go to Vegas and start a new mob syndicate, calle. THE GANGSTERS FOR GOD. our motto if you don't pray you'll pay
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😁 good sense of humor!
Best Wellbeing and many Blessings ...
PS:
Funny, we never know to whom we are speaking, a point I was taught when I first moved to NV, and one I came to very much be infused with. Good thing they also have such a great sense if humor and knew I am a real and nonjudgemental person.
Value lies in all we experience, and nothing is "by chance"...
good to see beard of knowledge in this documentary
* WONDERFUL *
LOVE THIS HISTORY STUFF .... many thanks.
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Would love to watch this, but I can not due to way to many commercials.
Block 16 is now Binions ? I think that’s it
Yep, the parking structure mostly
God bless Benny binion
Didn’t even leave the desert for the local native tribes. A very sad reminder of how we just decided the land was ours to “sell”
They didn’t discover Las Vegas and any other land! People lived there already! This is just 😢 sad!
Finders keepers.🙄🤣
Go away SJW
The ads are too excessive.
google chrome youtube ad blocker.
That bit about the KKK was fascinating- to hear how to the white Las Vegas community rose up to protect the black community. Nowadays our history is painted with laughably blunt and broad brushes, castigating all white people as racist. But that clearly wasn't the case.
Correct. The case was a brown or beige rectangular object, often containing a change of clothes, toiletries, and other personal effects.
Museum guy who wasn't alive during any of this says "We didn't know what , but we knew it would transform the city". You weren't there man, say "They knew". Come on, man.
1920 then 2020 plagues. History repeats lets be humble and pray to God.
Ww3 coming up in about 8/9 years? 😬
What do the lines stand for on this front page of the video.
I never thought Las Vegas would ever be closedown Ever, Covid 19 is a business breaker! Today it’s still closed down, we had to cancel our reservation.
It's a strange, strange world we live in.....
Imagine the people that live here... stuck in a dirt bowl.
You wrote this 10mo. ago and all you can think of is, you had to cancel your reservation?? Take into consideration how many people have died since your comment. Thank goodness it was closed then or more would have died as well. I'm sure you have been there since..happy gambling..bleh
@@misswildlife7905 yes I do realize how many people died, we saved for 5 years so don’t go judging my comment, wear your masks and wash your hands stay safe!
Patti it wasn’t COVID-19 that shut down Las Vegas. It was stupid people who listened to corporate persuasion. Listen to the first video of this series. They spoke about the Spanish flu and wearing masks. Even back then they were smart enough to realize size matters!
Very interesting series..
Las Vegas is an amazing place with a rich history.
Fabulous! So interesting:). What happened to the next part?
here it is! czcams.com/video/YZEl3fhUzzM/video.html
Que lindo estos documetales saber como el ser umano A vansado
Totally neat.
Thanks yall
What is the lines around the city of las Vegas:The early years
Got totally pissed off with all the ads.
Thank you.
13:45. Hi my name is Herbert Hoover and I’m best remembered in 1929 for “THE CRASH!”
I loved that film!
Wouldn't ya know it; a 21st century black woman who was not alive at the time would say the black man quoted was lying about what he experienced. Smh
Are these videos available for purchase?
Love Las Vergas. So interessting to see the history.
Most excellent. Does anyone know if there is a part 3 or other parts to come?
So glad you're enjoying it! There will be 5-parts, we recorded the narration for Part 3 last month. They're thinking maybe a May release.
May 15 release.
here is the link if you have not seen it: czcams.com/video/YZEl3fhUzzM/video.html
@@KCLVChannel2 A million thanks! Love to see REAL documentaries and REAL journalism when both seem to have been highjacked by the Twitterverse, or whatever the kids are calling it these days.
So agreeably
Can somebody tell me what the 3 lines around this video stands for. It's very important I need to know. Please.
Appear onset of newsreels, believe lines made up of words, perhaps denote ownership of news org., With two diamonds
-3 diamonds in the center the logo from news Corp.?
When’s part 3 available?
here it is! czcams.com/video/YZEl3fhUzzM/video.html
Viva Las Vegas . . . 🎀
The desert is beautiful and majestic but I couldn't live there. Too hot and i like trees and water too much.
My mom graduated from Las Vegas High in 1956 and her father was the building inspector for Clark County and they left town because he wouldn’t take bribed from the Mob.
When will the next installation be finished?
here is part 3: czcams.com/video/YZEl3fhUzzM/video.html Part 4 will be released 5/15/22
The children of these moguls, where are they today? Las Vegas is huge! Water and a Lady widowed, along with big money men. Fantastical.
Is there a Part III?
Yes, it will come out sometime around May 2021.
@@KCLVChannel2 I was born there in 1938 . . . really looking forward to seeing how it was then!!
It is being released May 15th.
Hey was that Jim Ferguson that was just discovered stuffed in a barrel at Lake Mead?
Is there a part 3?
czcams.com/video/YZEl3fhUzzM/video.html
Yes.
It's nice to see how it all got started for Las Vegas the vacation Town we all love,but there's people today that moved there that make it hard for me to want to visit you just get railroaded by people who want to help those Carnie's there like dieses.
59:48 is that the first ever low rider?! 😂 what a beautiful history vegas has. God bless those people who lived here before air conditioning!