THE ‘REAL’ LAS VEGAS

hile binge-reading back issues of , I came across the very interesting article “Dead Men for Breakfast,” in the August 2020 issue, about the old West’s wildest towns. Author Ron Soodalter obviously knows his stuff, as included in his list was Las Vegas, New Mexico Territory. While far less well known than Tombstone, Deadwood and other notably bad places, Las Vegas was indeed a den of iniquity in the latter part of the 19th century. I didn’t know about the Dodge City Gang but do know other notables such