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Newspaper
Las Vegas Age
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1944
Page
5
A retrospective on the Helldorado fête notes its 1935 origins when Clyde Zerby convinced Las Vegas Elks to start a spring celebration. It grew from a whisker growing craze and a display of old time entertainments to a major regional attraction, with early organizers and local boosters backing the event.
Plans were announced on April 5 1935 to select the Belle of Helldorado with a 250 ring prize from the Elks lodge. Contests drew many entrants as the event returned to Las Vegas with old time fiddle, pioneer costumes and a Kangaroo Court tradition. Boulder Lake bass plant and Boulder City day were slated as part of the festivities. Local officials sought 100 for fingerling shipping, with Boulder Lake at record high water.
The Six Companies guided visitors for the Helldorado setup in Las Vegas tracing the event to its roots. The parade honored pioneers Mr and Mrs Peter Pauff with a golden wedding ritual. old west relics and stories played out among miners, desert rats, dancers, and gamblers. April 16 1935 notes Piobe mining talks on Boulder dam power, and that 4,000 residents registered for the Las Vegas city election. First Helldorado opened April 25 1935 with a Pay Streak Trail village and Boulder dam era pageantry.
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