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Helen J. Stewart
1854-1926
Helen Stewart was known as "the first lady of
Las Vegas." She and her husband, Archibald, took over the Las Vegas
Rancho in 1882.
Travelers would stop and rest at the ranch. It
had a cool creek and huge, shady cottonwood trees that made it a good
place to rest.
In 1902, Helen Stewart sold the ranch to
William A. Clark. He was building a railroad and needed the land and
water on the ranch.
Stewart was the first woman elected to the Clark County
School Board. She was the first woman to sit on a jury in Las Vegas. |
