Accurately billed as Las Vegas' "Most Historic Hotel" by former Mayor Jan Laverty Jones in a 1996 ceremony, the Golden Gate has stood the test of time and then some.Since opening as the Hotel Nevada in 1906, this modest, cozy establishment has stood placidly at One Fremont Street while the town -- and the world -- changed around it.Fortunately, very little has changed at the hotel in the intervening years. The hotel remains proudly dwarfed by its neighbors, at just 106 rooms. Many of the original wood fixtures remain in place. The casino is just as active as opening day -- and just as intimate. Its shrimp cocktail -- widely acknowledged as the first ever served in Las Vegas -- is as popular as the day it was introduced.Even as Las Vegas builds toward the heavens, the Golden Gate keeps close to the ground, rooted in its rich and wildly successful history.