That very first number? “1.”īack then, dusty (and we mean that literally), sawdust joints operated as the first casinos. The was home to the city’s very first telephone number, at what was then the Hotel Nevada, now the Golden Gate. Las Vegas was founded in 1905, (although not incorporated until 1911), and Fremont Street was the heart of it, with the town’s first paved road and eventually, its first stoplight.
In its early days, Fremont Street was sort of the “Main Street” of Las Vegas, due to its proximity to the main transportation hub of the day, the city’s first train depot, where the Plaza Hotel and Casino stands now. The old Las Vegas Strip during the 1940’sĪ Very Short History of the Old Las Vegas Strip
