North Las Vegas, Nevada - Members of the City's Park & Recreation Advisory Board invite the public to participate in a workshop to help create the new design for historic Kiel Ranch.  The workshop will be held during the group's regularly scheduled meeting at 5:45 p.m. on Tuesday, March 10, in the North Las Vegas Library, Community Room, 2300 Civic Center Drive.

 

Park officials have begun work on a master plan to preserve the ranch, believed to be home to one of the state's oldest structures.  The City encourages residents to share their ideas for improving the Kiel Ranch Comprehensive Development and Preservation Master Plan.  Officials expect to put the plan into action when funding becomes available.

 

Kiel Ranch is a seven-acre site near the intersection of Carey Avenue and Commerce Street.  It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  Native tribes used the site for fresh water along trade routes.  By 1855 it was settled by members of the Church of Latter Day Saints and used as an Indian farm. In the late 1880s, Conrad Kiel turned the site into a 240-acre ranch.  Kiel Ranch is currently home to an adobe structure, a natural artesian spring, and a rich history that the City intends to showcase with the completion of the master plan.

 

For more information, call Stephanie Brüning at 702-633-2789 or visit  www.cityofnorthlasvegas.com and access the Parks & Recreation page under the Departments menu.