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Sources: Lake Mead Didn’t Become State Park Due to Gambling

National Park Service, “Lake Mead,” nps.gov.

National Parks Traveler, “Boulder Dam National Recreation Area – Forgotten but Not Gone?” Jim Burnett, Oct. 13, 2008, nationalparkstraveler.org.

Nevada State Journal, “Nevada Park is Vetoed by FDR Saturday,” Aug. 13, 1939.

Nevada State Journal, “Nevada Solon Irked Over Veto of Park Bill,” Aug. 13, 1939.

Reno Evening Gazette (Nev.), “Senator Urges Defeat of Bill Offered by Pittman,” March 7, 1939.

Reno Evening Gazette (Nev.), “Las Vegas Park Proposal to be Pressed,” March 8, 1939.

Reno Evening Gazette (Nev.), “Pittman Assails Ickes Charges on State Park Again,” March 9, 1939.

Reno Evening Gazette (Nev.), “Bills Passed,” March 16, 1939.

Reno Evening Gazette (Nev.), “Park Board Bans Liquor and Gambling,” April 12, 1939.

Reno Evening Gazette (Nev.), “$35,000 Approved for Vegas Park,” April 14, 1939.