What year did Clark County come into existence? 1909 What Moapa Valley community was originally named Crosby? Overton For whom was Clark County named? Montana Senator William Andrews Clark What community was first named Ehret? Sloan What year did today’s Clark County become part of Nevada? 1867 Where is the town of St. Thomas located? Under Lake Mead Who was the first American to enter today’s Clark County? Jedediah Smith What was the first name of North Las Vegas? Vegas Verdes What is the oldest community still in existence in Clark County? Bunkerville What was the name of the first post office in what is today Clark County? Bringhurst What is the name of the oldest school still in use in Clark County? Goodsprings When did the Nevada State Constitution get changed to reflect the inclusion of Clark County in the state boundaries? 1982 Where was the first airport in Clark County? Anderson/Rockwell Field, 1920-29, parking lot behind Sahara Hotel Who named “The Strip”? Guy McAfee Where was the first active mine in Clark County? Mt. Potosi, 1856, lead Who led the first settlement in the Vegas valley? William Bringhurst Where did George Hearst lose his mine in Clark County? Eldorado Canyon Where is the oldest patented mine in Nevada? Eldorado Canyon – Techatticup Mine Who is Lake Mead named for? Dr. Elwood Mead, first director of the Bureau of Reclamation Where was the original McCarran Airport? Nellis Air Force Base Where were the two nineteenth century military camps in Clark County Camp Callville – at Callville, and Camp El Dorado – at Eldorado Canyon What are the names of three unincorporated townships in the Vegas valley? Paradise, Winchester, Whitney Where are the “Senior Squares”? Las Vegas Academy, former Las Vegas High School When and where was the short-lived twentieth century gold rush in the Las Vegas valley? February 1912, Frenchman’s Mountain Who was “Frenchman’s Mountain” named for? Paul Watalet, a Belgian What was the farthest up the Colorado River steamboats could reach? Callville Where was Alunite? In Railroad Pass, at the site of the Railroad Pass Casino What mineral was the Arden Mining District known for? Gypsum Where did John Wesley Powell land after his trip through the Grand Canyon? Callville Who laid out the first town named Las Vegas? J. T. McWilliams, 1904 Who found the Searchlight claim? George Colton, 1897 What Academy Award-winning designer lived in Searchlight as a child? Edith Head Which two Hollywood stars built the Walking Box Ranch? Rex Bell and Clara Bow What was the name of cowboy star Hoot Gibson’s ranch in Clark County? The D4C ranch Which other cowboy movie star served as Nevada’s Lieutenant Governor? Rex Bell What was the last major unionization effort of the IWW (Wobblies?) Hoover Dam What Clark County school inspired the characters in the “Archie” comic strips? Basic High School. John Dooley was the inspiration for Archie, Bob Montana, the comic strip’s artist, modeled Jughead on himself What was the first high school in Clark County? Clark County High School, started in 1908, met in the Methodist Church and Grammar School in Las Vegas Where are Ringbolt Rapids? In the wall of Black Canyon, 3 ½ miles below Hoover Dam What is the fastest-growing county in the United States? Clark County |