1:06 “there are multiple stories about why Thomas Hull decided to build...” and I applaud you for not repeating the flat tire fable. Good job with the video.
@@gjh831 The myth - here I go repeating it myself - says, “Thomas Hull got a flat tire here, noticed the number of cars that passed by, decided to build a hotel on the site, and voila the Strip is born.” It’s a convenient origin story, likely pure fiction, but it’s also boring.
In 1943 Lake Mead became the test site of the S- 43 aircraft piloted by Howard R Hughes The U S government was going to commandeer it for war use The ballests of the aircraft were improperly loaded causing the aircraft to pitch forward dig into the water then cartwheel The support struts failed causing the propeller to dig into the cockpit The Sikorsky 43 served as a prototype to The Hercules One better known as The Spruce Goose The wreckage was preserved & rebuilt It remains operational & is kept in a hangar in Texas The experimental aircraft was purchased by aviation enthusiast pilot & collector Kermit Weeks in 2012
Yeah I recognize "Hermon Moody first blk cop"... He's the one that took off like a bat out of ( ) and gave my mom a ticket for speeding... as we were going down Tonopah HWY toward Las Vegas 1960s... I remember and still remember that look he gave me... that's him this is first time I've seen him from that time decades ago.
@@VegasVisual I spotted him off to the side of the road and he saw me telling my mom "there's a cop!!!" He saw me and chased us down. There were other cars passing us but he targeted us because I tried to warn my mom. He had something to prove to us and to the world.
Wonderful video & the magician was a true talent 👍⭐. I always thought someone else killed Bugsy. Guess, we will never know. Sammy finally got the respect he deserved. Wish he had a better street in the city 🥹. Vegas segregation went on way too long. Vegas was also against welfare. Look up the story about the women going against the casino mob owners for fair pay. They won😊. Keep up the great work VV😍😍
Ruby Duncan in 1969. She was a single mom. The law enforcement would storm these women’s houses at night, to make sure men were not in their beds. Totally shake down tactics. She went in a grass roots effort & she took them on👍😎
