Ryan Pardey

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Before it was one of Las Vegas’s most-loved historic neighborhoods, Huntridge was the late-life bet of one of the most colorful characters ever to settle in the desert. 🏜️ Leigh S.J. Hunt was a college president, then a Seattle newspaper publisher, then made a fortune in Korean gold mines and tried large-scale cotton farming in Sudan. Then he came to Las Vegas, which was still a dusty railroad town, and bought land east of downtown. Hunt died in 1933 and never saw what came next. In the 1940s, his land became Huntridge (Hunt + ridge), one of the city’s first big planned neighborhoods. It was built for the families pouring in during the war years, and it had modest ranch homes, curving streets, and the Huntridge Theater, which opened in 1944 with Hollywood star Irene Dunne among its investors. Eighty years later, those streets still have the original character, mature trees, and mid-century charm people keep looking for. Every house here has a backstory, and the neighborhood started with a man who chased gold across the world. Do you live in Huntridge or have a memory of the theater? Tell me in the comments. 👇 #Huntridge #LasVegasHistory #OldLasVegas #LasVegasRealEstate #MidCenturyHomes

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I stopped by @Winnie & Ethel’s DT Diner to try the Green Chile Burger and talk about some of the issues facing the neighborhood. What do you think? Is the Huntridge toast? Or will it rise again? #huntridgetheater #dtlv #vegasfood #vegaslocal #vegashistory

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Before the neon, there were the names carved in stone. 🪦 Some of the people who helped build Las Vegas are buried at Woodlawn Cemetery—and their stories are anything but ordinary. Explore the city’s pioneer history on a 90-minute walking tour, just in time for Halloween. 📅 Saturday, October 17, 2026 🕓 4 p.m. 🎟️ $30 per person - All ages 📍 1500 N. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas Tickets and details: nevadapreservation.org Heads up: the tour covers uneven terrain and isn’t accessible for wheelchairs or strollers. #LasVegasHistory #WoodlawnCemetery #NevadaPreservation #HistoricLasVegas #ThingsToDoInLasVegas