No retelling of the history of Las Vegas would be complete without at least a mention of organized crime. The award-winning National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement provides a unique, well-researched look at a time in this country’s history that had such a far-reaching effect that is it still felt today.
On the one-year anniversary of the Civil War, they dared to sneak miles behind enemy lines and steal a locomotive. Their mission: Destroy the Western & Atlantic Railroad between Atlanta and Chattanooga.
The charming border towns of Copperhill, Tenn., and McCaysville, Ga., grew up after copper — as one of the city’s names might suggest — was discovered in the area in 1843.