Well, we have a mystery on our hands, that seems to be lost to history! Let’s be real…if Dennis McBride doesn’t know the answer, the answer probably isn’t out there. Hemenway Park, Hemenway Valley, Hemenway Harbor are all popular names in the Boulder City area. Often people not in the know refer to it as “Hemingway” such and such which is almost as ear grating as Ne-VAH-duh, rather than Ne-VA-duh, although the second, “correct” pronunciation is linguistically incorrect and hurts our ears too. But that’s an article for another day!! Who was this Hemenway person and why are some of our most loved locations named after her or him?
That is SUCH a good question! The former reporter at the Las Vegas Review Journal, Henry Brean (lcurrently of the Arizona Daily Star), asked that very question and of people who would be the most likely to know … but alas, we still have very little info!
Check out Henry’s article from the January 18, 2015 edition of the Las Vegas Review-Journal by CLICKING HERE to find out who’s stumped and who’s been working on it. We’ve still left looking for answers to a mystery that may never be unraveled.
