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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