HENDERSON, Nev. -- Thursday will mark the beginning of Clark County's yearlong plans for its centennial celebration.

Officials will open a yearlong exhibit at the Clark County Museum beginning at 5:30 p.m.

The date was chosen to launch the centennial celebration because on Feb. 5, 1909, Gov. Denver Dickerson signed the Clark County enabling legislation into law.

Events scheduled for later in the year include a touring history exhibit about the rural areas of the county, the grand opening of the Candlelight Wedding Chapel and a 1910 railroad cottage at the Clark County Museum, the release of "Asphalt Memories: A Dictionary of Clark County Street Names," and a mural.

For more information about the centennial celebrations, visit the county's Web site.