What is Moapa Valley?
{{Orphan|date=May 2009}} '''Moapa Valley''' is a 40-[[mile]] [[valley]] and region in the [[United States|American]] [[Nevada|State of Nevada]]. Within the valley are four towns: [[Overton, Nevada|Overton]], [[Logandale, Nevada|Logandale]], [[Moapa Town, Nevada|Moapa]], and [[Glendale, Nevada]]. Logandale and Overton are so close to each other that it is hard to tell them apart without a [[sign]]. Moapa Valley was formed by the [[Muddy River]], which flows through it. Moapa Valley has many [[archaeology|archaeological]] sites, mostly created by the Anasazi [[Native Americans]], which were largely damaged by [[construction]]. <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.unlv.edu/depts/archaeology/moapa-valley-00.html |title=UNLV Anthropology Department - Archaeological Collections |access-date=2008-11-26 |archive-date=2007-07-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070701111352/http://www.unlv.edu/depts/archaeology/moapa-valley-00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Moapa Valley is also the location of the [[Lost City Museum]], which is a [[museum]] displaying artifacts and reconstructed [[adobe]] [[pueblo]]s built on the original sites of the pueblos.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://comnett.net/~kolson/LCM2.html |title=LCM2 |access-date=2008-11-26 |archive-date=2008-08-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080810225437/http://comnett.net/~kolson/LCM2.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Geography of Nevada]] [[Category:Valleys of the United States]] {{US-geo-stub}}