30 w e s t w o r l d | f a l l 2 0 1 5 getty images (rhyolite, hoover dam), cultura/masterfile
In the deserts outside Sin City, frontier dreams still flourish
by a N d r e w F I N d l ay
Leaving
Las Vegas,
Entering
(clockwise from top) The gold-mining ghost
town of Rhyolite; Hoover Dam, which supplies
water to more than 25 million Americans; a
cowpoke in the Nevada desert.
