When Thomas Jefferson arrived in Paris as U.S. minister in 1784, the French foreign minister said, “It is you who replace Dr. Franklin?” Jefferson replied, “No one can replace him, Sir; I am only his successor.”

When UNLV history Professor Gene Moehring packed his bags in 1976 and left New York for a new job in Las Vegas, he traded a highly developed urban and financial center for a place where history was very much a work in progress.

Christel Marie San Diego came to the United States from the Philippines four years ago with her own American Dream. After graduating from college and reading books like “Think and Grow Rich” and “The Power of Habit,” she plans to own a business — and perhaps outearn her parents.

A company’s potential water use, in some cases, is the deciding factor in whether Nevada will provide tax incentives.

Corinne Entratter Sidney, 79, has always loved fashion. She’s been a model and actress, and spent three months as a Copa Girl in Las Vegas in the ’60s, before marrying casino manager Jack Entratter.

Would they bolt, or wouldn’t they? With raw feelings still lingering over an election that saw the loser get almost three million more votes, all eyes today were on America’s electors.

The recent election was yet another reminder of how important understanding the past is to understanding our present and future. Two recent books examine our shared history in different and unique ways.

What did the 2016 election mean? Commentaries, analyses and tweets abound. For Nevadans, the answer is different, because the results turned out to be different. For only the second time in a century, Nevada’s electoral votes won’t go to the winning presidential candidate.

Years ago, the Las Vegas Review-Journal assembled a three-part series focusing on the individuals who had helped shape the city. Dubbed “The First 100,” the work was later published as a book chronicling Las Vegas’ history.

If Nevada Democrats looked only at their state, they would celebrate a great election night. They kept a U.S. Senate seat, swung two House seats and the legislature, and played a role in passing background checks and recreational marijuana. As for the great beyond ….

Clark County Commission chairman Steve Sisolak is staying tight-lipped on whether he’ll run for governor of Nevada in 2018.

It might be difficult for Nevadans to believe, but there were places where Americans could watch TV for hours on end this fall without seeing ads for Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton.