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{{short description|State park in Nevada, U.S.}}
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==Architecture and purpose==
It was built in the [[Territorial Style|New Mexico folk carpenter architectural style]] to facilitate travel along the [[Old Spanish Trail (trade route)|Spanish Trail]], and to enable [[Mormon missionary]] work in the [[Las Vegas Valley]] and to those traveling from [[New Mexico Territory|New Mexico]] to [[California]].<ref name=npslesson/><ref name="Friends Of The Fort 1931 h401">{{cite web | title=A History of The Old Fort | website=Friends Of The Fort | date=August 20, 1931 | url=https://www.friendsofthefort.org/history/ | access-date=March 17, 2024}}</ref>
 
The fort was surrounded by {{convert|14|ft|m|adj=on}} high [[adobe]] walls that extended for {{convert|150|ft|m}}. While called a fort, it was never home to any military troops but like many Mormon forts provided a defense and shelter for local settlers and travelers.{{cn|date=July 2024}}
 
==History==
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*[[Mormon Station State Historic Park]]
*[[Las Vegas Mission]]
*[[Fort Lemhi]]
*[[Fort Supply (Utah Territory)|Fort Supply]] - another Mormon fort with a similar purpose
*[[List of the oldest buildings in Nevada]]
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<ref name=brochure>{{cite web |url=http://parks.nv.gov/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/MormonFort2011-screen.pdf |title=Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort Historic State Park Brochure |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819194118/http://parks.nv.gov/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/MormonFort2011-screen.pdf |archive-date=August 19, 2012 |access-date=January 30, 2011}}</ref>
 
<ref name="Friends Of The Fort 1931 h401">{{cite web |url=https://www.friendsofthefort.org/history/ |title=A History of The Old Fort |publisher=Friends of the Fort |date=August 20, 1931 |access-date=March 17, 2024}}</ref>
 
*[<ref name=npslesson>{{cite web |url=https://www.nps.gov/articles/the-old-mormon-fort-birthplace-of-las-vegas-nevada-teaching-with-historic-places.htm |title=The Old Mormon Fort: Birthplace of Las Vegas, Nevada] National Park Service |work=Teaching with Historic Places LessonProgram Plan|publisher=National Park Service |access-date=July 15, 2024}}</ref>▼
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{{Commons category|Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort State Historic Park}}
*[http://parks.nv.gov/parks/old-las-vegas-mormon-fort Old Las Vegas Mormon State Historic Park]
▲*[https://www.nps.gov/articles/the-old-mormon-fort-birthplace-of-las-vegas-nevada-teaching-with-historic-places.htm The Old Mormon Fort: Birthplace of Las Vegas, Nevada] National Park Service Teaching with Historic Places Lesson Plan
 
{{Downtown Las Vegas}}
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