{"id":16,"date":"2013-01-20T23:41:41","date_gmt":"2013-01-21T07:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forallevents.info\/calistoga\/?p=16"},"modified":"2017-03-17T19:26:43","modified_gmt":"2017-03-18T02:26:43","slug":"aboutnevada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.funoftravel.com\/nevada\/aboutnevada\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Nevada became the 36th state on October 31, 1864, after telegraphing the\u00a0Constitution of\u00a0Nevada to the\u00a0Congress\u00a0days before the\u00a0November 8 presidential election\u00a0(the largest and costliest\u00a0transmission ever by telegraph). Statehood was rushed to help ensure 3 electoral votes for\u00a0Abraham Lincoln\u2019s reelection and add to the Republican congressional majorities.\u00a0Nevada became\u00a0the second of two states added to the Union during the Civil War (the first being West Virginia) and\u00a0became known as the \u201cBattle Born State\u201d as a result of when it achieved statehood.<\/p>\n

Prior to European contact, Native Americans of Paiute,\u00a0Shoshone and\u00a0Washoe\u00a0tribes\u00a0inhabited the land comprising the modern state. The first Europeans to explore the region\u00a0originated from Spain. They gave the region the name of\u00a0Nevada\u00a0(snowy) due to snow which\u00a0covered the mountains at winter. The area formed part of the Viceroyalty of New Spain, becoming\u00a0part of Mexico when that country gained independence in 1821. The United States acquired the\u00a0territory in 1848 following its victory in the\u00a0Mexican-American War, and the area was eventually\u00a0incorporated as part of\u00a0Utah Territory\u00a0in 1850. Discovery of silver at the\u00a0Comstock Lode\u00a0in\u00a01859 led to a population boom that became an impetus to the creation of\u00a0Nevada Territory\u00a0out of\u00a0western Utah Territory in 1861.<\/p>\n

Nevada’s harsh but rich environment shaped its history and culture. Before 1858 small Mormon settlements\u00a0along the Utah border sustained their communities through faith, but the secular western section stumbled along\u00a0until the great silver strikes beginning in 1858 created boom towns and fabulous fortunes. After the beginning of\u00a0the 20th century, profits declined while Progressive reformers sought to curb rampaging capitalism and its\u00a0attendant miseries. They imagined a civilized Nevada of universities, lofty idealism, and social reform. But an\u00a0economic bust during the 1910s and disillusionment from failures at social reform and a population decline of\u00a0nearly one-fourth meant that by 1920 Nevada had degenerated into a “beautiful desert of buried hopes.\u201d The\u00a0boom returned when big time gambling arrived in 1931, and with good transportation (especially to California\u00a0metropolitan areas), the nation’s easiest divorce laws, and a speculative get-rich-quick spirit, Nevada had a\u00a0boom-and-bust economy that was mostly boom until the worldwide financial crisis of 2008 revealed extravagant\u00a0speculation in housing and casinos on an epic scale.<\/p>\n

Nevada is largely desert and semiarid, much of it located within the\u00a0Great Basin. Areas south of the Great Basin are\u00a0located within the\u00a0Mojave Desert, while\u00a0Lake Tahoe\u00a0and the\u00a0Sierra Nevada\u00a0lie on the western edge.\u00a0Nevada is also home\u00a0to the Hoover Dam, which was the single largest public works project in the history of the United States, and Lake Mead,\u00a0the largest reservoir in the country.<\/p>\n

Quick Facts
\nDate of Statehood:\u00a0October 31, 1864 —\u00a0Capital:\u00a0Carson City \u00a0— \u00a0Motto:\u00a0All for Our Country
\nPopulation:\u00a02,770,551 (2010) —\u00a0Size:\u00a07th\u00a0largest state, 110,572 square miles \u00a0— \u00a017 counties, 27 recognized tribes
\nNickname(s):\u00a0Battle-Born State; Sagebrush State; Silver State
\nTree:\u00a0Single-Leaf Pi\u00f1on and Bristlecone Pine —\u00a0Flower:\u00a0Sagebrush \u00a0— \u00a0Bird:\u00a0Mountain Bluebird
\nTemperatures:\u00a0High: 118F;\u00a0Low: -50 F
\nFourth most seismically active state in the U.S.
\n400,000 acres burn annually \u2013 Third highest in the U.S.
\n12 of the world\u2019s largest hotels are in Las Vegas<\/p>\n

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Fun Facts\"\"<\/a>
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1. Carson City is one of only two U.S. capital cities that borders another state.<\/p>\n

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2. Nevada means “snow-covered” in Spanish.<\/p>\n

3. Nevada is pronounced “Nev-ADD-ah.” Not \u201cNev-AH-dah.”<\/p>\n

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4. The sum of all the numbers on a Roulette wheel =\u00a0666.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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5. With an average of 201 sunny days per year, Winnemucca is one of the sunniest\u00a0towns in Nevada.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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6. The oldest skeletons of early men ever found in the U.S. were found in Hidden\u00a0Cave, in 1949.<\/p>\n

7. Even though Goldfield was once the largest city in Nevada, it’s now the second-smallest county seat in the U.S.<\/p>\n

8. Kangaroo rats can live their entire lives in the Mojave Desert without water.<\/p>\n

9. At 60,000 pounds, there is more shrimp consumed in Las Vegas per day than\u00a0the rest of the country combined.<\/p>\n

10. There is an estimate of 100 miles of total underground shafts and tunnels on\u00a0the Comstock.<\/p>\n

11. Blue jeans (Levis) were invented by Reno-based tailor Jacob Davis.<\/p>\n

12. Lake Tahoe is the third deepest lake in the U.S.<\/p>\n

13. Nevada is one of only 6 states without a lottery.<\/p>\n

14. Mark Twain’s writing career began with a position as a reporter at the Virginia\u00a0City Territorial Enterprise.<\/p>\n

15. Over 40 million people visit Las Vegas each year.<\/p>\n

16. It’s illegal to drive a camel on any highway in Nevada.<\/p>\n

17. The Stratosphere Tower is the tallest, free-standing observation tower in the\u00a0U.S.<\/p>\n

18. Nevada has more than 44,000 acres of man-made reservoirs, over 2,000 miles\u00a0of streams, and 23 designated wilderness areas.<\/p>\n

19. Virginia City is believed to be the most haunted town in the U.S.<\/p>\n

20. Nevada was the only U.S. state that allowed boxing in 1910.<\/p>\n

21. The Federal Government owns approximately 87% of Nevada’s land.<\/p>\n

22. Construction worker “hard hats” were first invented in 1933 specifically for the\u00a0workers on Hoover Dam.<\/p>\n

23. The Las Vegas Strip may only be 4.2 miles long, but it has over 75,000 miles of\u00a0neon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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