Nevada DayOctober, 25th, 2013

When is Nevada Day? Nevada became a state (admitted to

the Union) October 31, 1864, so Nevada Day is officially October 31st of each year.

Celebrated this year on October 28th (last Friday of October)

Nevada Day Parade, on the 27th. Nevadan's have the distinction of

holding the largest formal statehood celebration in the nation!

What could I do on the 25th?

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A parade in Carson Citystarts at 10:00

Nevada Day – more than a parade

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Key Historical Dates 1858 – Comstock Lode discovered March 2, 1861 – Nevada Territory

separated from Utah Territory October 31, 1864 – Nevada becomes

the 36th state (“Battle Born”) 1874 – University of Nevada founded

in Elko, moved in Reno in 1885 1879 – Reno High School

founded

Nevada Facts Nickname(s): Silver State (official),

Sagebrush State, Battle Born State Sierra Nevada is Spanish for “snowy

range” State Motto: All for our Country Area: Ranked 7th in the US Population: Ranked 35th (fastest growing

state in the last ten years) Nevada the “Most Mountainous” state in

the country (172 summits higher then 2,000 feet)

State Symbols

Sagebrush

Largest Cities1. Las Vegas – 591,5362. Henderson – 265,7903. North Las Vegas – 216,6724. Reno – 214,853

Sparks 8th with 88,518

•Andre Agassi tennis player; •Raymond T. Baker former director of U.S. Mint; •Helen Delich Bentley government official and newspaperwoman; •Robert Caples painter; •Henry Comstock prospector; •Michele Greene actress; •Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins; Paiute interpreter and peacemaker; •Jack Kramer tennis player; •Paul Laxalt politician; •Robert Laxalt writer; •William Lear aviation inventor; •John W. Mackay benefactor, one of Big Four of Comstock Lode; •Emma Nevada opera singer; •Thelma “Pat” Nixon first lady; •James W. Nye territory governor and senator; •Lute Pease cartoonist and Pulitzer Prize winner; •Patty Sheehan golfer; •Jack Wilson Paiute Indian prophet;

Famous Nevadan’s

Questions?