- Las Vegas Springs
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name = Las Vegas Springs
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caption = The Desert Living Center rotunda at the Springs Preserve
location =Las Vegas, Nevada
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added =December 14 ,1978
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governing_body = The Las Vegas Springs is the site of a naturaloasis , known traditionally as acienega . For more then 15,000 years, springs that broke through the desert floor, creating grassy meadows (called "las vegas" by Spanish explorers). [cite web |url=http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/lasvegas/peopleevents/e_earlyvegas.html |title=People & Events |accessdate=2008-08-25 |work=American Experience |publisher=PBS Online |date=2005-07-11 ] The bubbling springs were a source of water for Native Americans living here at least 5,000 years ago. [cite web |url=http://gosw.about.com/od/lasvegas/p/springspreserve.htm |title= Las Vegas Springs Preserve - History, Gardens and Community |accessdate=2008-08-25 |work= |publisher= |date= ] Know as "The Birthplace of Las Vegas" it sustained travelers of theOld Spanish Trail and Mormons who came to settle the West. The springs' source is the "Las Vegas Aquifer". [cite web |url=http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118930886/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0 |title=A REEVALUATION OF THE GROUND WATER BUDGET FOR LAS VEGAS VALLEY, NEVADA, WITH EMPHASIS ON GROUND WATER DISCHARGE |accessdate=2008-08-25 |work= |publisher=JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association |date=2007-06-08 ]The springs are now a part of the
Las Vegas Springs Preserve .History
American traveler
John C. Fremont camped at the springs in 1844. The springs stopped flowing to the surface in 1962 [cite book |title= Las Vegas: The Fabulous First Century|last= Ainlay|first=Thomas Taj |authorlink= |coauthors=Judy Dixon Gabaldon |year=2003 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |location= |isbn=0738524166 |pages=121 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=zeIbm3iEXhQC&pg=PA121&lpg=PA121&dq=%22las+vegas+springs%22+dry&source=web&ots=9Td9PcJ6rM&sig=MwnqQanpXEM_f8pJCBx4ui_Cigk&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=44&ct=result] as thewater table dropped as more water was pumped out to meet the demands of a growing population than was being replaced byrainfall and snow melt.Fact|date=April 2007The springs and associated infrastructure have been listed on the
National Register of Historic Places since 1978 [ cite web |url=http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/NV/Clark/state.html |title= National Register of Historic Places |accessdate= |format= |work= ] and are marked as [http://dcnr.nv.gov/markers/mark_40.htm Nevada Historical Marker 40] .References
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