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BY: TAYLOR HORSFALL
The Silver State
Symbols
There are many Nevadan symbols here are the ones I found…
State seal State flag Mountain bluebird Sagebrush Single-leaf pinon and bristle cone pine Desert bighorn sheep Desert tortoise Lahontan cutthroat trout Indian ricegrass Silver Sandstone Black fire opal and turquoise Tule duck decoy Ichthyosaur
History
Indians first settled in Nevada (The Shoshone and Paiute were in the great basin, while the Washoe lived around Lake Tahoe, and the Mohave farmed along the Colorado River). Spain claimed a large area including Nevada. This area was past to Mexico in 1821. Several explorers including Peter Skene Ogden, Jedediah Smith, John C. Fremont, and Fremont’s guide Kit Carson explored Nevada from the 1820’s through the 1840’s. . The United states won these lands from Mexico in 1848. The California Gold Rush began in 1849 and silver and gold was found in Nevada near Virginia City in 1859. This source of wealth was called the Comstock Lode Nevada became the thirty-sixth U.S. state in 1864. In 1931 Nevada made gambling legal. Gambling is still a big business for the state.
Statehood
October 31, 1864The thirty-sixth U.S. stateThe U.S. Civil War (1861-1865) was still
going on. So Nevada was called “Battle Born.”
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Population
The population in 2000 was 1,998,257.Rank: thirty-fifth
Weather
The highest temperature recorded was 125°F on June 29, 1994
The lowest temperature recorded was -50°F on January 8, 1937
The average January temperature is 30°FThe average July temperature is 73°F
Natural Resources
Beef cattleHaySheepGoldSilverDiatomite
Places to visit
Theresa LakeTahoe Rim TrailGold HillPyramid LakeLehman CavesReno’s Animal ArkBerlin’s Ichthyosaur GraveyardReno’s Fleischmann PlanetariumRed Rock CanyonHoover DamLake Mead
Famous People
Eva Bertrand Adams (1908-1991) – director of the U.S. Mint.
Andre Agassi (1970-) – tennis champion.Kit Carson (1809-1868) – John Fremont’s scout,
Carson City is named for him.Henry Comstock (1820-1870) – claimed the gold
and silver deposits that became the Comstock Lode.Pat Nixon (1912-1993) – the wife of President
Richard Nixon.Mark Twain (1835-1910) – famous author. His book
Roughing It (1872) told of his adventures in Nevada.
Bibliography
Heinrichs, Ann. Nevada. Minneapolis: Compass Point Books, 2003.
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