Description
Melted glass beer bottles creates an interesting souvenir from Fort Lucinda near Hoover Dam and Las Vegas Nevada. It’s interesting in that Fort Lucinda was only in existence for a short period of time.
The history behind this rare souvenir is quite amazing (thank you Wikipedia!):
The property was originally a patented mining claim owned by Las Vegas real estate developer Patrick Sullivan, who was seeking gold and turquoise. It became known as Sullivan’s Gulch. In the 1920s, the Bureau of Reclamation withdrew over a million acres of land for the creation of Hoover Dam and Lake Mead, but overlooked Sullivan’s land. The National Park Service (NPS) made attempts to buy the land as early as 1936.
In 1954, Sullivan’s heirs sold the property for $20,000 to Boulder City businessman Don Belding, his business partner, O. L. Raney, and Jack Richardson. They saw an opportunity to service drivers going to and from the dam, and little competition because Boulder City prohibited gambling. They opened the Gold Strike Inn in May 1958 with a snack bar, gift shop, cocktail lounge, service station, and six slot machines.
In the 1960s, the partners leased the site to a developer that hoped to expand it as an Old West theme park. The name was changed to Fort Lucinda and attractions such as llama rides, a wax museum, and a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railroad were added. A “ghost town” consisting of buildings from various northern Nevada towns was moved to the property from the New Frontier casino. The project was killed by financing and water supply problems, control reverted to Belding, Raney, and Richardson, and the Gold Strike name returned.
This vintage souvenir piece can be used as intended or can be hung up as rustic kitchen art.
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