Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs
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Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs is a 2,040-acre (8 km²) park in Las Vegas, Nevada. The park is centered around Tule Springs, a series of small lakes that formed an oasis in this part of the Mojave Desert. One of the larger urban retreats in the Las Vegas Valley, Tule Springs was once considered to be far out of town but is now encroached by development.
The park was named for disgraced former Nevada state senator, who was convicted of taking a $20,000 bribe from an undercover FBI agent in 1983. Floyd Lamb.
The site is marked as Nevada Historical Marker 86.
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The area was home to several Native American visitors in the pre-Columbian period. More recently, it served as a guest ranch for out-of-state residents seeking to "live" in Nevada and gain access to its easy divorce requirements.
The legislature and state in 2005 agreed to release control and ownership of Floyd Lamb State Park to the City of Las Vegas. The park was transferred to the city, on July 2, 2007 and renamed to Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs.[1] In addition to the park, the city received control of 1,300 acres (5 km²) of Bureau of Land Management land.
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[edit] External links
- Floyd Lamb State Park website
- Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs is at coordinates Coordinates:
