Kiel Ranch Historic Park — Attraction in North Las Vegas

The Historic Site is not open anymore. Photos below was shot through a hole in the fencing. Will probably be gone someday.

Helen J Stewart "The First Lady of Las Vegas" lived near by on her ranch the "Las Vegas Ranch". Her husband Archibald was murdered by this ranch on July 13, 1884.

There was/is a spring on this ranch which you can not see. It is amazing this place is still here.

Here is some information found on the web about the ranch:

Following the missionary settlement period, mining became prominent in the area. When O. D. Gass purchased the Old Mormon Fort and established his Las 13 Vegas Ranch there in 1865, he hosted his friend Conrad Kiel, who later purchased the old “Indian Farm” property. Conrad Kiel, joined by his son Edwin, used the spring at the site to grow hay, fruit, and other agriculture. In turn, he sold this food and supplies to miners in the area.

Later, after O. D. Gass defaulted on his loan and foreclosed on the Las Vegas Ranch, Archibald Stewart purchased the land, opening a feud with the Kiel family. Intrigue ensued when Stewart was shot and killed at Kiel Ranch in 1884, supposedly by his former employee Schyler Henry with Conrad Kiel as an accomplice. Both Henry and Kiel were acquitted by a grand jury on grounds of self-defense. Conrad Kiel later died in 1894.

Another son, William joined his brother Edwin in running Kiel Ranch in early 1900. However, later that year, William and Edwin were found shot to death in what had originally been declared a murder-suicide. Not until their bodies were exhumed 75 years later was it determined from modern forensic evidence that the alleged murder-suicide was likely a double homicide. One theory proposes revenge by Archibald...

I feel it is a diamond in the rough Really cool wild life turtles fish lots of different birds there is Quack quack and ducky witch are ducks that have been there for a long time also Canadian geese are always coming and going and then there are the cats mama cat and her 2 teenager kittens Haans and Fràu line anyways check it out Early morning or evening the park comes to life I could just keep on going about the place...

Beautiful park but just for walking or jogging alone no playground, no dogs sign because there is historical stops threwout the walk and i always see bunny's playing in the grass there. Some bench like areas and picnic tables. Beautiful gazebo picture taking area, very bonnie and clyde feel on the buildings that...