they bought a ranch from a woman named helen stewart and decided they were going to lay it out on here. this is the original map from that auction. i want to buy land on lot 22, i want this piece of land, and that is what this map is. generated by a railroad. the original site plan had las vegas divided into 40 blocks. they needed a place with a cult vice, which was a classic wild west vice, drinking, gambling and prostitution. here's the thing. las vegas was going to be a respectable town. the railroad, a respectable railroad. so you couldn't have it on fremont street. so they called one of the blocks block 16, this is the red light district. and it was elizabeth away from the translation, just one block off fremont. if you walked down a block, turned left and walked down another block from the train station, that's right where it is. so if a man comes to las vegas with his family they could stay on fremont street and have a wholesome time and if he comes by himself in wants to see a little bit of the world, he can make a left and walked down there to block 16. a couple of interesting

they bought a ranch from a woman named helen stewart and decided they were going to lay owe town out here. people would say hey, i want to buy a lot on lot 22. the original plan had las vegas divided into 40 blocks. they need aid place for what they called vice -- the classic wild west vice, drinking, gamblingnd add prostitution. here's the thing. las vegas was going -- 0000 -- to be a respectable town. so you couldn't have it on fremont street. that was the main street. so it was a little bit away from the trainization -- station and one block off fremont. if you walked down a block, turned left and walked down another block from the train station, that's right where it is. so if a man comes to las vegas with his family they could stay on fremont street and have a wholesome time and if he comes by himself not and wants to see a little bit of the world, he can make a lift -- left and walk down there and see -- have an interesting time in 1905 the state decided they were done with gambling. they wanted to be a real progressive state. then a couple years later they realized people were

his employees negotiated with helen stewart, who had the rancho at that point, and bought the rancho and brought the railroad through here. they had a big auction sale of lots. the las vegas townsite was created. that is when las vegas gets started. las vegas is a 20th century town. one of the interesting things in the history of las vegas is that most people know las vegas from the movies. they know las vegas as it is today, so they think las vegas has always been focused on gaming and entertainment and the service industry. and it wasn't. one of the people that did more damage to the history of las vegas than anyone else was oliver stone. he had this guy show up in the middle of the desert and say let there be flamingo, and everything grows out of the sand. the result a community here. that community had been built by a lot of workers who had come in here and initially with the railroad. later on with building the dam in the 1930's. in the 1940's, what we had was a lot of federal spending because of magnesium, the airbase, the gallery school. we had a lot of things going on well be

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they bought a ranch from helen stewart and decided they would lay a town out here. this is the original map from that option. people can say i want to buy land on block 22. i want this land. that is what is map is generated by the railroad. it was divided into 40 blocks. they needed a place for what they call vice, which was a classic wireless device. drinking, gambling, prostitution. you could not have it on fremont street, which was the main street. they call block 16 the red light comes toso if a man las vegas with their family, they can stay on fremont street and have a wholesome time. if he comes by himself and wants to see a little bit of the world, you make a left and walk down there to block 16. host: that is the history of las vegas. also, some of the literary work as part of our programming on american history tv and the tv. -- book tv. joining us now is dr. ezekiel emanuel with the university of pennsylvania. he is a medical ethics and health care policy chair and their former health care share advisor of the obama administration. good morning. guest: gre

they bought a ranch from a woman named helen stewart and they decided they were going to lay a town out here. >> national atomic testing museum to learn about the nevada test site. a u.s. department of energy reservation located 65 miles northwest of las vegas. the site was established in 1951 for the testing of nuclear devices. from the 50s to early '90s, mushroom clouds from the atmospheric test could be seen for 100 piles. >> atomic energy commission actually started to ti ed ted en advance so local tourists could come to las vegas and plan on witnessing or observing a nuclear palace. >> watch the c-span cities tour saturday at noon eastern on c-span 2's book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. the c-span city's tour, working with cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >>> thirty years ago gavel to gavel u.s. senate coverage began on c-span 2. c-span took a look back at senate proceedings and how the senate has adapted to tv. >> this, indeed, is a humbling moment for me. i'm honored to serve as majority leader, but i also recognize the

then they bought a branch from a woman named helen stewart and decided to let a town out here. >> wevisit the national testing field. a u.s. department of energy reservation located 65 miles west of las vegas. was established in 1951 for the testing of their devices. mushroom clouds from the atmospheric tests could be seeing 100 miles. >> the commission started advertisement in advance so that tourists planning our itinerary could witness or observing in the air blast. toursch the c-span cities throughout the day and afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv of c-span3. visitingn cities tour cities across the country. oregon, california, vermont, and west virginia are four states that automatically register eligible citizens to vote when obtaining a driver's license. the center for justice hosted a forum to discuss the new policy and what it could mean nationwide of other states were to adopt it. this is one hour and 45 minutes. >> good morning. we will try that again. good morning. >> good morning. >> welcome. i am the president for the brennan center of justice for the nyu school of