Clark County Museum
Clark County Museum lies in Henderson, Nevada and is owned and run by Clark County. The museum includes the Anna Roberts Parks Exhibition Hall and Heritage Street which includes eight historical buildings from the county.
Candlelight Wedding event Chapel situated at the Clark County Heritage Museum
The museum focuses on the history of the southernmost county in Nevada with emphasis on the early Native American occupants such as the Paiute individuals, in addition to mining, the impact of the railways, and gaming. Exhibits include numerous historical houses in addition to a recreated ghost town.
Clark County Heritage Museum
1830 S Boulder Hwy, Henderson, NV 89002
(702) 455-7955
Open Daily 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m
Admissions
Adults $2.00
Seniors and children $1.00
Points of interest include, Heritage Street which is an unique collection of historic homes, brought back to recreate the way of lives of essential durations in regional history. Review the news at a reproduced 1900s newspaper print shops. Railroad enthusiasts will enjoy exploring the 1932 Stone City Depot and see a real 1918 Union Pacific steam engine and walk through an old-time Crummy, (railway talk for caboose). Go into a mining show filled with mineral specimens, wander though a reanimated ghost town and a half-mile nature trail ... visit a pueblo of the ancient ones. No matter what your age, the Clark County Museum is a place where you can check out the abundant and vibrant history of Southern Nevada.
The Anna Robert Parks Display Hall takes the museum visitors through a historical journey from the Glacial epoch to Age of Home entertainment. The timeline chronicles the history and culture of the ancient Pueblo and more current Paiute, the first Anglo leaders and their lives, early town-sites and land auction camps, mining technology and the video gaming and home entertainment heritage of Las Vegas. The Heritage Gallery altering displays include art and artifacts in their historical context. Heritage Street houses use doorways into past decades, from the 1910s to the 1970s. The Boulder City depot and collection of railway cars remember the railway heritage of southern Nevada, while the detained decay along the Ghost Town and Mining Path uses a perspective on life in the hot and dry Southwest environment.
In 1911, Anna Nuhfer Roberts pertained to Nevada with her other half, William Roberts. He was the first mortician in Las Vegas, and together they travelled throughout southern Nevada while also carrying out service. During this time, Anna became a collector of historical artifacts, minerals, and clothes.
In the mid-1920s, William and Anna's marital relationship ended. William moved to California. However, Anna stayed in Nevada with her daughter, Edith Jennings Mariano, born in 1920, and her widowed mother. Throughout this time, Anna worked as a mortician given that she had completed undertaker training and was accredited in both Nevada and California. She continued to take a trip throughout southern Nevada as a mortician, while continuing to add to her collections.
In May 1926, she opened Palm Mortuary in Las Vegas and, soon after, wed Gene Parks. She presumed her other half's last name and end up being called Anna Roberts Parks. She at first saved her growing collection inside her home or scattered about her five-acre residential or commercial property. As her collection outgrew her own residential or commercial property, much of it was moved to an army building near 21st and Fremont Streets. This area showed less satisfactory since people broke in and took important and historic artifacts.
In 1962, Anna Roberts Parks passed away in an auto accident, leaving her collections and residential or commercial property to her only child, Edith. Edith sought a local sponsor to produce a museum for her mother's collection and keep the collection in southern Nevada.
