Around Laughlin

Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 1467129844 ISBN13: 9781467129848 Release Date: October 2018 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) Length: 128 Pages Weight: 0.25 lbs. Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.4" x 9.1" Laughlin, Nevada, today's most dynamic town on the Lower Colorado River, is a relatively new community. In 1966, when founder Don Laughlin opened his casino, only a dozen or so people resided there. Ten years later, when an election christened the town Laughlin, there were 82 registered voters. It was only in the 1980s that the town exploded. However, the larger tristate area of which Laughlin is a part--where Nevada, Arizona, and California meet--is a much older, historically important community. It goes back to Native Americans who claim origin at the beginning of time at Spirit Mountain, on Laughlin's border. And it continues through a montage of characters from the Old West--explorers, Indian warriors, soldiers, riverboat captains, miners, cattlemen, dam const