File:Mormon Mesa, Near Moapa Valley, Between Muddy and Virgin Rivers, Nevada (98447147).jpg
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[edit]DescriptionMormon Mesa, Near Moapa Valley, Between Muddy and Virgin Rivers, Nevada (98447147).jpg |
Moapa Valley is an unincorporated town and census-designated place in Clark County, Nevada, United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 6,924. The valley in which the community lies, also named Moapa Valley, is about 40 miles (64 km) long and lies roughly northwest to southeast. The Muddy River, formerly called the Moapa River, originates from the Warm Springs Natural Area and flows through the valley before emptying into Lake Mead. The communities of Moapa Town, Logandale and Overton are located in the valley. Logandale is about 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Moapa Town, and Overton is about 5 miles (8.0 km) southeast of Logandale. Prior to the creation of Lake Mead, Moapa Valley also included the town of St. Thomas, which was abandoned in 1938 due to the rising lake level. The Moapa Valley was originally settled by the Anasazi people around 350 B.C. Around 500 A.D., farming supplanted hunting as the major food source for the people known as "Basketmakers". It was also around this time that the art of pottery was introduced. By 600 A.D. the people, now known as "Puebloans", began building their dwellings above ground, using wood and brush plastered with adobe. Farming was a well-established practice with corn, beans, squash, and cotton being the primary crops. The Puebloans also hunted mule deer, desert bighorn sheep, rabbits, and rodents using bows and arrows. Around 1000 A.D. Southern Paiutes moved into the Moapa Valley area. The Paiutes were hunter-gatherers who did not utilize agriculture as a primary source of subsistence. They lived in temporary brush dwellings, spoke the Southern Paiute language, and practiced a style of pottery that was less sophisticated than the methods used by the Anasazi. The Paiutes and Anasazi people coexisted with little effort in the valley. Sometime around 1150 A.D., the Anasazi abandoned Moapa Valley, possibly due to a drought which gripped the Desert Southwest during that time. When the first European settlers arrived, the Paiutes were relocated to a reservation north of Moapa Town, where they continue to live today. The first Euroamerican settlers in the Moapa Valley were Mormon pioneers in the latter 1880s. The area has remained heavily populated by Mormons to the present time. Many streets bear the names of prominent Mormon families, including Barlow, Hinckley, Leavitt, Lyman, Perkins, Whitmore, Wells, and Andersen. The LDS Logandale Stake has thirteen wards. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moapa_Valley,_Nevada en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_... |
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Source | Mormon Mesa, Near Moapa Valley, Between Muddy and Virgin Rivers, Nevada |
Author | Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA |
Camera location | 36° 30′ 33.94″ N, 114° 22′ 30.21″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 36.509429; -114.375057 |
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Camera model | Canon PowerShot A70 |
Exposure time | 1/640 sec (0.0015625) |
F-number | f/5.6 |
Date and time of data generation | 15:38, 7 February 2006 |
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Horizontal resolution | 180 dpi |
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File change date and time | 15:38, 7 February 2006 |
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