No one could have predicted that a tiny outpost in the middle of the desert between Salt Lake City and southern California would become a world-renowned tourist destination. Nor could anyone have envisioned that only fifty years later over 300,000 children would be attending school beneath the bright lights of the Las Vegas skyline.Filled with photos dating back to the earliest days in southern Nevada, Education in the Neon Shadow chronicles the birth and growth of a school district in one of the most unique settings imaginable.