Michael Green

Discover the 54-year history of Las Vegas' legendary Desert Inn casino - from Wilbur Clark's 1950 vision to Steve Wynn's 2004 demolition.

Lyle Rivera died recently. His story is worth telling, and so is a bigger story he was part of.

Norm Clarke died recently. He covered Las Vegas legends, and became one in his own right.

Recently, an anniversary passed unnoticed: when Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin became part of the national consciousness with his anti-communist crusade. Nevada was part of its beginning, seventy-five years ago.

On New Year’s Day 2025, the California Hotel and Casino in downtown Las Vegas turned 50. That meant it was also the fiftieth anniversary of Boyd Gaming. Both of them are success stories.

No president lived as long as Jimmy Carter, or was an ex-president longer. He died late in 2024 at age 100, almost 44 years after leaving the White House. He left a great legacy, from Habitat for Humanity to the Camp David Accords. He also had some interesting ties to Nevada history.

Husband-and-wife political teams have been unusual in Nevada, but then again, the Goodmans weren’t expected to be one of those teams.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of one of those odd laws that makes Nevada all the more interesting. It made prostitution illegal … or legal.Nevada…

Last time, we were talking about the life and career of Liberace. We couldn’t keep his story to one edition of Nevada Yesterdays—and, showman that he was,…