Helen Jane Wiser was born near
Peoria, Illinois, on April 16, 1854. Nine years later, Stewart sold of the ranch, including the water rights, to the
Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad for . This land was established as the city of
Las Vegas in 1905. In 1903, she married Frank Stewart (no relation to Archibald Stewart), who had been hired at the Las Vegas Ranch in 1886. Stewart moved into a new home in the growing community of Las Vegas and became an important part of social, political, and business circles. In 1916, Stewart became the first woman elected to the
Clark County School District's Board of Trustees. Six years later, she donated land for the
Las Vegas Grammar School, which was built in the following year. It was the first
public school attended by
Native American students from the
Southern Paiute Indian Colony. The building was added to the
National Register of Historic Places in 1979. Stewart died in Las Vegas on March 6, 1926, at age 71. ==References==