Henderson, Nevada

Everything Henderson is known for

2 songs mention this city 1 artist from here

Music in Henderson

Songs About Henderson

The Vegas Suite
Pixies
55%
"I had a two-year run Down in Henderson"
Rain King
Counting Crows
20%
"Henderson is waiting for the sun"

Artists From Henderson

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Brandon Flowers
rock Pop: 82

Rivers & Roads in Song near Henderson

Songs written about the waterways and highways that run near Henderson.

Colorado River 6 songs

History of Henderson

How Nevada Stole Las Vegas from Arizona RoadyGoat

1861

Nevada is one of only two states to significantly expand its borders after statehood. It did so three times, and the last grab is the reason Las Vegas exists in Nevada and not Arizona. It started with the Comstock Lode, the massive silver strike near Virginia City in 1859. Congress carved Nevada Territory out of western Utah Territory in 1861. The original eastern boundary was set at roughly 116 degrees west longitude. In 1862, more mining discoveries pushed the border east to 115 degrees, taking a huge strip from Utah. Nevada was rushed to statehood on October 31, 1864, eight days before Lincoln's reelection, partly to secure electoral votes and partly to help ratify the 13th Amendment. The state constitution was telegraphed to Washington, the longest and most expensive telegram in history. In 1866, the eastern border moved east again to 114 degrees, taking yet more from Utah. Then in January 1867, Congress transferred Pah-Ute County from Arizona Territory to Nevada, everything west of the Colorado River. This was the entire southern tip of present-day Nevada, including what would become Clark County, home to Las Vegas. The transfer was justified by gold discoveries, but Arizona's alignment with the Confederacy during the Civil War had destroyed its political goodwill in Washington. Without this final expansion, Las Vegas would be in Arizona today.

9.1 mi away

The Neon Boneyard RoadyGoat

1996

At 770 North Las Vegas Boulevard sits the Neon Museum, founded in 1996 to rescue the city's discarded signs. Its outdoor 'Boneyard' holds more than 250 unrestored signs leaning in the desert sun, plus a couple dozen that have been re-lit. The collection runs from the 1930s to today, chronicling how Vegas advertised itself through glass tubing and gas. The lobby is the salvaged shell of the 1961 La Concha Motel, a sweeping concrete shell by architect Paul Revere Williams, moved here and restored. These aren't replicas — they're the actual signs that once towered over the Stardust, the Moulin Rouge, and dead motels, now lying in honest retirement.

13.1 mi away

The Las Vegas Strip: How the Desert Became a Playground

1941

The Strip evolved from a dusty highway into the entertainment capital of the world.

12.1 mi away

Hoover Dam: Taming the Colorado

1931

Built during the Great Depression, Hoover Dam was one of the largest public works projects in American history, taming the Colorado River and enabling the growth of Las Vegas and the modern Southwest.

13.7 mi away

The Flamingo: Birth of the Las Vegas Strip

1946

The Flamingo, opened by mobster Bugsy Siegel on December 26, 1946, was the casino that launched the Las Vegas Strip and transformed a dusty railroad town into the entertainment capital of the world.

11.7 mi away

Hoover Dam

1931

A 726-foot concrete arch-gravity dam in Black Canyon on the Colorado River, built during the Great Depression and one of the greatest engineering achievements of the twentieth century.

13.7 mi away

The Neon Museum: Las Vegas's Glowing Graveyard

1996

The Neon Museum preserves iconic Las Vegas signs spanning decades of casino history.

13.2 mi away

The Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge

2005

The 1,900-foot arch bridge, completed in 2010, soars 890 feet above the Colorado River.

13.5 mi away

Things to Do in Henderson

historical 13.7 mi away
Hoover Dam

A Depression-era engineering marvel holding back the Colorado River. 726 feet of concrete.
quirky 11.2 mi away
Welcome to Las Vegas Sign

The most photographed sign in America. Surprisingly not on the Strip itself.
quirky 13.2 mi away
Neon Museum

A boneyard of vintage Las Vegas neon signs. The old Strip lives here.

Everything Near Henderson

26 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.

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