Helen J. Stewart
Who was Helen J. Stewart?
Helen J. Helen Jane Wiser was born near Peoria, Illinois, on April 16, 1854. Their first three children, William James (1874), Hiram Richard (1876), and Flora Eliza Jane "Tiza" (1879), were born in the Pioche area. In April 1882, Stewart and her family to the Las Vegas Valley to take possession of the Las Vegas Ranch (called the "Los Vegas Rancho" at the time so it would not be confused with Las Vegas, New Mexico) from Octavius Gass, who had defaulted on a loan from Archibald Stewart. The Stewarts' fourth child, Evaline La Vega, was born in the Las Vegas Valley in 1882.
Career and public life
Stewart lived from April 16, 1854 to March 6, 1926. In 1863, at the age of nine, with her parents, Mr. On April 6, 1873, Wiser married Archibald Stewart and moved to Pony Springs near Pioche, Nevada.
Historical significance
Helen Wiser Stewart (née Wiser; after marriage, Stewart; April 16, 1854 – March 6, 1926) was a Southern Nevada pioneer and was considered the "first lady of Las Vegas". Helen Wiser Stewart was a Southern Nevada pioneer and was considered the "first lady of Las Vegas".