Do you remember any of these?  Have memories you would like to share?

The Alpine Village sign in the YESCO boneyard circa 2003.

The Alpine Village Restaurant board (Thanks to Lonnie Hammergren)

Anderson Diary

Andy Anderson as part of the Neon Museum

Aqueduct Building, the Sands Hotel

Bonanza Village ad

Caesars Palace parking lot following a flash-flood.

Caesars Palace brochure cover

Original Caesars entrance

Atomic Liquors has anchored East Fremont since the above-ground testing days of Las Vegas history.

Fremont Street in the late 1950s:

The Yucca Motel:

Fremont Street the mid-1950s:

The Holiday Motel:

The Gateway Motel (next door to Dona Maria's):

The Somerset Motel:

April Corbin at the Las Vegas Weekly has a wonderful article this week about the multi-generations of people who have called Las Vegas home for the last 75 years.  One of those in the spotlight is Gretchen Payne, wife of former Las Vegas News Bureau Manager Don Payne.  But Gretchen's roots in the community go back to her childhood.  She was born in a small house on Fremont Street back in 1935 and has called Las Vegas home ever since.

Her father taught science at Las Vegas High School and she is a wealth of information not only on the history of the high school but also all the changes she has witnessed as Las Vegas grew from a dusty railroad town to the entertainment capital of the world to the metropolis of the 21st Century.

Ms. Corbin also spotlights a number of natives who are all glad to call Las Vegas home.

Check it out:  Las Vegas Weekly

The Las Vegas Review-Journal, the Valley's largest newspaper, has announced that effective immediately Sherman Frederick, the publisher of the paper, and Thomas Mitchell, the editor of the paper, have both resigned from their positions.  General Manager Allan Fleming was let go when his position was eliminated in a new restructuring of the news room.

Frederick and Mitchell were both very vocal and used the paper in their campaign to support Sharon Angle in her bid for Harry Reid's senate seat.  Speculation is rampant that the changes at the RJ are in some ways because of their virulent support.

Frederick, who has undergone prostrate and by-pass surgery the last few months, will be a consultant and columnist for Stephens Press, the Arkansas media company that owns the RJ.

Frederick was also replaced as CEO of Stephens Media Group.  Taking that position is Chief Operating Officer Michael Ferguson.  Ferguson then promoted Bob Brown, the paper's advertising director, to the position of publisher.

There should be interesting days ahead for the paper.

For more information:

http://www.lasvegassun.com/

http://www.lvrj.com/