Moulin Rouge
The first integrated hotel and casino in Las Vegas, the Moulin Rouge opened in May 1955. It is celebrated as a landmark of racial integration in Las Vegas and the United States. Entertainers from the Las Vegas Strip and Hollywo... hmdb.org
The Walker African - American Museum & Research Center
The Walker African-American Museum & Research Center, a non-profit tax-exempt 501(c) 3 organization, is designed to preserve and promote the history of people of African descent locally, nationally, and internationally. O... museumland.net
Jackson Street Commercial District
Commerce on the Westside was short lived, collapsing in 1905 when rival Las Vegas Townsite opened on the east side of the railroad tracks. In 1942, the Westside defined a new commercial district to serve the ethnic population o... hmdb.org
Christensen House "The Castle"
This fairy-tale residence reflects the unique family that built it, whose roots stretch back to a pioneering Utah Mormon blacksmith, ranchers in Idaho and Nevada, and railroad workers in Las Vegas. The life of Las Vegas pioneer... hmdb.org
Las Vegas Paiute Colony
The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) bought this ten-acre site in 1911 from Helen J. Stewart, former owner of the Las Vegas Ranch, to provide a home for the Southern Paiute Indians living in and near Las Vegas. With this purchase... hmdb.org
Harrison Boarding House
Black entertainers were not allowed to stay at the Strip hotels where they performed in the 1940s and 1950s. Mrs. Harrison's boarding house offered fine accomodations for many of the era's most famous stars. During one memorabl... hmdb.org
Moody House
Herman Moody, Las Vegas' first black career police officer, was raised in this house at 321 Van Buren Avenue, built by his parents (father Henry Moody pictured lower left) who came here in 1939. As first African-American in Las... hmdb.org
Unlv Marjorie Barrick Museum
The Marjorie Barrick Museum offers opportunities to learn about the native cultures of the southwest United States and Mesoamerica. From the survival arts of the Southern Paiute to the dramatic weaving of the Navajo and ... museumstuff.com
Tule Springs
Tule Springs is one of the few sites in the U.S. where evidence suggest the presence of man before 11,000 B.C. Scientific evidence shows this area, once covered with sagebrush and bordered with yellow-pine forests, had many spr... hmdb.org
Clark County Heritage Museum - Henderson, Nv
County history museum with exhibits on Native Americans, mining, railroads, gaming and historic houses plus a ghosttown.The Clark County Museum is a function of Clark County Parks and Recreation, which is accredited by th... waymarking.com
Boulder City-hoover Dam Museum
As impressive as Hoover Dam is today, it was even more so during its construction in the 1930s. The building of the colossal structure amounted to an engineering project that had never before been attempted. And at the ... travelnevada.com