Why were settlements started in places like Vegas and Pheonix if they weren’t connected to a river that connected to the ocean like the Mississippi River for trade and had no viable farmland?

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Why were settlements started in places like Vegas and Pheonix if they weren’t connected to a river that connected to the ocean like the Mississippi River for trade and had no viable farmland?

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Vegas was originally an oasis; a meadow of springs; that’s all that was required for a small town back then. Not to mention a railway area. Time has changed the landscape, but the foundation and history is already present so it’s remained an icon and solid infrastructure.

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