The Las Vegas Springs or Big Springs[2] is the site of a natural oasis, known traditionally as a cienega. For more than 15,000 years, springs broke through the desert floor, creating grassy meadows (called las vegas by Spanish New-Mexican explorers).[3] The bubbling springs were a source of water for Native Americans living here at least 5,000 years ago.[4] Known as The Birthplace of Las Vegas it sustained travelers of the Old Spanish Trail and Mormons who came to settle the West.[2] The springs' source is the Las Vegas aquifer.[5]
The springs are now a part of the Las Vegas Springs Preserve.
Las Vegas Springs was once the site of three springs, running into two large pools of water. It is a site historically known for a gathering of pioneers and Native Americans and early settlers in the Las Vegas Valley. In 1905, it provided the water source to the budding town and railroad. Once pipe lines were laid and wells were drilled, the water table dropped, and the springs stopped flowing to the surface in 1962. The site is currently undergoing rehabilitation to protect what remains architecturally and archaeologically.[6]
Now, it is 180 acres of historic land located just west of Downtown Las Vegas. It is open to the public.
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^ ab"100 Years of Clark County - Big Springs". Las Vegas Review-Journal. 2009-01-31. p. 2B.
^"People & Events". American Experience. PBS Online. 2005-07-11. Retrieved 2008-08-25.
^"Las Vegas Springs Preserve - History, Gardens and Community". Archived from the original on 2008-02-12. Retrieved 2008-08-25.
^"A REEVALUATION OF THE GROUND WATER BUDGET FOR LAS VEGAS VALLEY, NEVADA, WITH EMPHASIS ON GROUND WATER DISCHARGE". JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 2007-06-08. Archived from the original on 2013-01-05. Retrieved 2008-08-25.
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