Monday, May 16, 2005
Auction
As Las Vegas celebrates its centenary, BBC News charts its colourful history.
Las Vegas - Spanish for the meadows - was born in 1905 when 110 acres of land were sold off in an auction (pictured here) by a rail operator next to the newly opened Los Angeles to Salt Lake City Railway. Land was sold for $1.25 an acre
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