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Adobe bricks discovered at the
dugout

Our current research is focused on the dugout. This is an historic structure that was first identified in the 1970s. This semi-subterranean house may have been built and inhabited by John Howell, the first African American to own land in the Las Vegas Valley, and his Paiute wife, Mary.

Date: 1870-1900

Artifacts: Euro-American and Native American artifacts including bullet casings, ceramics and glass, chipped stone and prehistoric ceramics.

• Cienega Trail
• Crossroads Trail
• Exploration Trail
• Springs Trail
• Wildlife
• Archaeology
• Current Projects
• The Adobe
• Caretaker's House
• The Derricks
• The Dugout
• The Pithouse
• Spring Houses
• Contact Archaeology