Today, we decided to answer two questions in one, since they're so closely related and we've received several QoDs along these lines over the last year or so. Here's the first one: "We started going to Vegas in the late '70s and there have been so many changes since then. Could you show some maps comparing the locations of casinos on the Strip from past decades and now in 2006?" And, "We were married in Las Vegas in June of 1974. Is there a way to find out how the Strip looked in those days?"

Could you give us your opinion of Jack Carter, Jimmy Carter's son, who's running for the Senate from Nevada? And what are his chances of winning?

Can you clear up the mystery of the origins of the Flamingo Hotel once and for all, please? I've heard that it wasn't Bugsy Siegel who hatched it, it was someone else (I forget his name). Is this true?

Prostitution, Part Three

The other day you wrote an interesting answer about Block 16 that ended with a cliffhanger ... Prostitution was legal in Vegas for another 30 years. What's the rest of the story?

You answer a lot of questions on the recent history of Las Vegas, but what about the distant past, like as far back as anthropology and geology? How did the landscape get formed? And who were the first people there?

Where is the original Block 16? What is on that site now? I once saw an old map that had the blocks labeled, but I am unable to find such a map again.

Whatever happened to the Moon Resort & Casino? There was big hype about it a few years back, then suddenly *whoosh* -- nothing more about it.

So, following up on your QoDs about martinis, who won the Flair Bartending Championship at the Rio?

We recently drove by the defunct Moulin Rouge, which I understand was the first and only casino built to market to a black clientele during a time when black entertainers were not allowed to stay at the Strip hotels they were performing at. I know that plans were in the works to restore it in the last couple of years before it was seriously damaged by a suspicious fire. Are there any current plans for this property?