Corn Creek Campsite is located in the

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and was used from around 1900–1924 for ranching and is listed on the

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. Nearby is

Mormon Well Spring Mormon Well Spring is located in the Desert National Wildlife Range and was used from around 1900–1924 for ranching. It is listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places. Nearby is Corn Creek Campsite, another listed historic p ...

another listed historic place. The site was discovered by the archaeologist Bertha Parker in 1930 when she spotted fossil camel bone weathering out of a lake bed deposit. At the time, she was participating in the excavations at nearby

Gypsum Cave Gypsum Cave is a limestone cave in eastern Clark County, Nevada, United States, about east of Las Vegas, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Description The cave contains six rooms and is measured at long by w ...

. Many visitors are attracted to the

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opportunities, namely the

LeConte's sparrow LeConte's sparrow (''Ammospiza leconteii'') is one of the smallest New World sparrow species in North America.Terres, J.K. (1980). The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds. New York: Alfred A. Knopf It is a very secretive bird th ...

and Crissal Thrashers. They are attracted to the

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in the region which is among the densest and most intact within Clark County.

History

The site had indications of other use dating back to 5000 BC. The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 4, 1975. The proposed

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rail line is not expected to impact this site.

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