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NOTABLE OLD SCHOOL VEGAS FAMILIES THAT HELPED SHAPE LAS VEGAS REAL RICH HISTORY - THE PAIUTE INDIANS AND THE MORMONS

very issue we have focused on old-school families that helped shape Las Vegas into what it is today. In previous issues, we’ve covered my late grandfather, Louis Wiener, Jr., who was the longest tenured attorney in all Southern Nevada to this day. We’ve featured A.E. Al Cahlan, who was a prominent news publisher in Las Vegas, Alan and Gary Davis of Davis Funeral Homes and Memorial Park, the Binion family who had quite an integral part of development in Las Vegas. We’ve also had the opportunity of featuring two of the most prominent criminal defense attorneys in town, David Chesnoff and the late William Bill Terry. Additionally, we featured another prominent Las Vegas pioneer, also known as the “First Lady of Gambling”, and the “First Lady of Charity”, Judy Bayley. We showcased “Our City Gone Dark” during the height of the pandemic, followed by the Moran Family, a local family with a long-standing affiliation with law enforcement. A few other interesting features we did included “The First Lady of Las Vegas”, Helen J. Stewart, Gary Ackerman of Gaudin Ford and all his contributions to our Las Vegas community, Herbert Gerson, who was the Executive Housing Director long ago in Las Vegas. We had an inclusion for the Freed’s Bakery family, who has been baking in Las Vegas for three generations, a nice piece about media mogul, Jim Rogers, the iconic Goodman family we’ve showcased multiple times and their incredible legacy.

Most recently, we had an incredible sit-down dinner with nonother than Meyer Lansky II. To say we’ve been honored to revel in Las Vegas’ fine and rich history, is an understatement. But recently I’ve been thinking about who was here before all those phenomenal and epochal Las Vegas locals. Yes, the Paiute Indians and the Mormons had a significant beginning in Las Vegas dating all the way back to AD 700. Baskets, petroglyphs, pictographs, and additional evidence all support the fact that the Paiute Indians moved to areas like Tule Springs and the Gypsum Caves long, long ago. They were said to migrate between nearby mountains in the summer and spend winters in the valley, near Big Springs.

In 1844, the Las Vegas Valley was still apart of Mexico. With the US preparing for possible war with Mexico, when the Unites States Army Corps of Engineers arrived, they established a clandestine fort and set up their camp at the Las Vegas Springs. The end of the war resulted in the Las Vegas region becoming a part of US territory.

Then in 1855, William Bringhurst was said to have led a group of 29 Mormon missionaries from Utah to the valley. They built a 150-square-foot fort near a creek; however, the summer heat led to difficulty growing crops and ultimately led to tension among leaders of the small Mormon community, and they abandoned the fort. (The fort remains were preserved in the Old Las irritating the old fields and renamed the area Las Vegas Rancho. It came to be known as the best stop on the Old Spanish Trail, as Gass made wine in the fields at his ranch. Gass ended up losing the ranch due to mismanagement with a Mormon syndicate, Archibald Stewart and had to give Archibald the ranch to pay off a lien Steward had on the property. Archibald’s wife was Helen J. Stewart, and she became the 1st Las Vegas postmaster in 1884.

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The Native Juice – The Paiute Indians and the Mormons .........................2-3

Skincare Movement & Skincare Trends …………………………..........……….8

The Real Voice of Milli Vanilli Documentary – Milli Vanilli World Premier.…9

Lewis in Love – An Exquisite Affair for a Beautiful Couple ….............…...10-13

Your Hometown Chef - Experience Basilico at Evora ………..…….....….14-15

Slip into Summer with Seasonal Sides by Chef Sam Marvin of Echo & Rig ......................................................................................................................16-17

Local Taqueria Tacotarian Wins Big Plus Taverna Costera Gives Options …..............................................................................................................….18-19

There’s Power in a Story… What’s Your Story? .......................………………20

Suits and Surgeons – Fashion Within Iconic Greatest Medical Minds of Las Vegas ……......................................................................................................22-23

Orthopedic Protection for Pets from Animal Focus Vet ……....……………24

2023 Greatest Medical Minds of Las Vegas ………………………………34-59

The Power of a Smile Featuring Dr. Nicole Mackie of Dental Implant Specialty Center ….....................................................................................58-59

From Boarding Schools and Tough Neighborhoods to Mr. Natural Universe & Mr. Nevada ……………..........................................................................60-63

LITZ Test Insider’s Guide ……………………….………………………………64-65

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By Lissette Waugh lmi.edu