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修建完成的堡壘及牆壁，
古老拉斯維加斯堡壘州立歷史公園(Old
Las Vegas Mormon Fort State Historic Park)，2000年1月
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2000年，重新發現內華達
地方性遺產
假如您以為內華達州只是拉斯維加斯的所在地而已，那麼您一定忽略了它長遠且有趣的歷史。原本，許多美國原住民部落佔據了現在的內華達州，古老的原住民文化至少可回溯到10,000年前，即使到了現在，它仍是12多個部落的家鄉。
1855年，一群摩門教傳教士是第一批定居在拉斯維加斯河谷內的非原住民居民。他們建造的泥磚堡壘，現已成為博物館。而座落在古老西班牙小徑上的河谷，則是吸引他們定居的原因。事實上，拉斯維加斯在西班牙文的意思就是草地。
除了摩門教派外，向西部前進的拓荒者有時也會定居在這個地區，而快馬郵遞的騎士會行經現今的內華達州，抄近路遞送郵件。1859年時，該州發現數量龐大的黃金及銀礦後，越來越多希望一夜致富的人抵達內華達州。1900年代早期，拉斯維加斯成為一個鐵路市鎮，然後在1930年代，當賭博合法化後，該市鎮進一步的成長。
對許多人來說，內華達州是一個充滿吸引力的居住地。自1990年至2000年間，它的成長率是高達66%，是美國境內成長最快的州。
If you think of Nevada only as the state where the city of Las Vegas is located, you'd be ignoring its long and interesting history. Originally, many Native American tribes occupied the area that is now Nevada. Ancient Native American culture goes back at least 10,000 years, and still today, the state is home to more than a dozen tribes.
In 1855, a group of Mormon missionaries were the first non-natives to settle in the Las Vegas Valley. They built an adobe fort, which is now a museum. The area appealed to them because of the valley located along the Old Spanish Trail. In fact, Las Vegas means "the meadows" in Spanish.
In addition to the Mormons, pioneers moving westward sometimes settled in the area, and the Pony Express riders cut through hundreds of miles of what is now Nevada to deliver mail. After the discovery of large gold and silver deposits in 1859, more people arrived in the hopes of striking it rich. In the early 1900s, Las Vegas became a railroad town and then in the 1930s the town grew further when gambling was legalized.
Nevada is an attractive place to live for a lot of people. It grew by a whopping 66 percent from 1990 to 2000 -- the fastest of any state.
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