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On [[Doomsday (1983: Doomsday)|Doomsday]], the citizens of Las Vegas were, like everyone else, blisfully unaware that World War III was on their doorstep until the Emmys were interuptted by a emergency broadcast. At about 7:02 PM local time, all electrical appliances in the area stopped working. A flash was seen in the far distance over Santa Fe, but due to the isolation of Las Vegas and the nearby mountains blocking the view to the west (the Santa Fe blast was barely visible to begin with), there were no shockwaves from the nuclear blasts and no other flashes were seen. The residents wouldn't be aware of what happened until the few refugees who made it to Las Vegas told them what happened.
 
 
   
 
==Post Doomsday==
 
==Post Doomsday==

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Las Vegas is an American survivor state in the former state of New Mexico. It was discovered by scouts from the Navajo Nation in 2012.

Pre-Doomsday

Las Vegas was established in 1835 after a group of settlers received a land grant from the Mexican government. The town was laid out in the traditional Spanish Colonial style, with a central plaza surrounded by buildings which could serve as fortifications in case of attack. Las Vegas soon prospered as a stop on the Santa Fe Trail. During the Mexican-American War in 1846, Stephen W. Kearney delivered an address at the Plaza of Las Vegas claiming New Mexico for the United States.

When the railroad arrived in 1880, it set up shop one mile (1.6 km) east of the Plaza, creating a separate, rival New Town (as occurred elsewhere in the Old West; Alburquerque suffered the same inconvenience, for instance). During the railroad era Las Vegas boomed, quickly becoming one of the largest cities in the American southwest. Turn-of-the-century Las Vegas featured all the modern amenities, including an electric street railway, the "Duncan Opera House" at the northeast corner of 6th Street and Douglas Avenue, a library and a major hotel. When the decline of the railroad began in the 1950s, the city's population remained constant at around 15,000 until Doomsday.

Doomsday

On Doomsday, the citizens of Las Vegas were, like everyone else, blisfully unaware that World War III was on their doorstep until the Emmys were interuptted by a emergency broadcast. At about 7:02 PM local time, all electrical appliances in the area stopped working. A flash was seen in the far distance over Santa Fe, but due to the isolation of Las Vegas and the nearby mountains blocking the view to the west (the Santa Fe blast was barely visible to begin with), there were no shockwaves from the nuclear blasts and no other flashes were seen. The residents wouldn't be aware of what happened until the few refugees who made it to Las Vegas told them what happened.

Post Doomsday