When downtown Las Vegas’ Golden Gate first opened its doors in 1906, Theodore Roosevelt was president, “Honest John” Sparks was governor and trains, not airplanes, ruled the transportation landscape.
Telephones were few and far between. The first one in town, with the phone number of “Ring 1,” was installed in 1907 at the two-story hotel at Main and Fremont streets that is observing its 115th anniversary this week.
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