Without exception there was no town
which harbored a more disreputable gang
of desperadoes, and outlaws than
did Las Vegas New Mexico
- Ralph Emerson Twitchell, historian
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Located on the edge of the eastern plains of New Mexico , at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, is Las Vegas, New Mexico . Though not as well known as other Wild West towns, such as Dodge City, Deadwood, or Tombstone ; Las Vegas, is said to have been the worst of the worst of the Old West Towns.
Continued at http://www.legendsofamerica.com/NM-LasVegas.html
I love this stuff.
New Mexico's Las Vegas really is the wild west