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Las Vegas, city, seat (1862) of San Miguel county, north-central New Mexico, U.S. It lies along the Gallinas River, at an elevation of 6,435 feet (1,961 meters), in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. The original settlement (1835) developed as the Mexican port of entry on the Santa Fe Trail. The city was named Nuestra Señora de los Dolores de Las Vegas Grandes (Spanish: “Our Lady of the Sorrows of the Great Meadows”), its shortened name referring to the area’s rich grasslands. Las Vegas was claimed by General Stephen Kearny for the United States on August 15, 1846, and Fort Union ...(100 of 257 words)

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