Mr. Speaker. located in the southeast corner of Nevada. just 22 miles northwest of Boulder Dam. is the city of Las Vegas. After the United States acquired the Southwest in 1848 after the war with Mexico. southern Nevada became a corridor for emigrants and gold seekers on their way to California. In the mid1950s. the Las Vegas Valley was occupied by Mormon farmers from Utah. Most Americans today think of Las Vegas as a major tourist resort. But to Mr. Thomas J. "Speed" Funari. Las Vegas is "Our Little Town." In his spare time. Mr. Funari writes poetry and I would like to share his poem with my colleagues.
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