Rockstars, Billionaires, and Gonzo Journalism: The Las Vegas, NV Adventure (Part 1 of 2)

Found a cheap flight one night where I mostly paid airline taxes. So I decided to check out Las Vegas, Nevada. It was brief, last minute, and turned out to be far more intriguing than time would allow.

Could I capture the history of Las Vegas through Howard Hughes, Elvis, and the backstory of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas? A first lesson: All Vegas stories become entangled.

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CHAPTERS:
00:00-Introduction
0:23-Deal on Hotel and Car via Priceline in Vegas
0:37-Everyone will be familiar with Las Vegas from films set there
1:26-Howard Hughes lived at the Desert Inn in isolation in Las Vegas
2:56-The founding of Las Vegas, Nevada introduction
3:21-Native American trade routes across the Western United States
4:19-Old Spanish Trail and how it linked with the Santa Fe Trail
4:56-Mormons used Old Spanish Trial to settle Utah
5:10-San Pedro, Los Angeles, and Salt Lake Rail Road
5:23-Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort Historical Park and Las Vegas Springs
5:39-Make-up of ancestry in Las Vegas, Nevada
6:00-John C. Frémont and Kit Carson in the Bear Flag Revolt in the Mexican-American War
6:45-Howard Hughes arrived in Las Vegas by train in 1966
7:12-Elvis plays first in Las Vegas in 1956, picks-up Hound Dog, and meets Liberace
7:47-The story of the Mafia in Las Vegas, NV – Bugsy Siegel
8:15-Wilbur Clark’s Desert Inn Hotel & Casino – Moe Dalitz
8:48-Howard Hughes visits Las Vegas during WWII and in the 1950s – The Las Vegas Story
9:50-Howard Hughes gutting RKO studios and Lucille Ball
10:09-Nevada’s liberal attitudes toward marriage, divorce, taxes, and prostitution
10:47-Howard Hughes buys the Desert Inn and begins buying up casinos leading to Corporate Gaming Act
11:38-Howard Hughes sells TWA and begins building an empire in Las Vegas
12:27-Mormon Mafia in Las Vegas
13:05-Elvis Presley’s marriage in Las Vegas, NV, Viva Las Vegas, and come back NBC Special in 1969
13:40-Howard Hughes and tourists to Las Vegas impressions of Nevada Test Site
14:10-Howard Hughes uses his money to buy influence in politics and try and stop underground nuclear tests in Nevada -LBJ, Richard Nixon, Bobby Kennedy Assassination
15:51-Conclusions

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