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History of Nevada (2nd ed. 1987) online edition; Green, Michael S. Nevada: A History of the Silver State (2015). Hulse, James W. The Nevada Adventure (6th ed., 1990), for middle schools; Mack, Effie Mona. Nevada: A History of the State from the Earliest Times through the Civil War (1936) Rowley, William D.
Nevada's first independent station, KVVU-TV, signs on in nearby Henderson. [13] 1968 Circus Circus in business on the Strip. KLVX, Nevada's first ETV station, signs on. 1970 Population: 125,787. [5] 1973 Las Vegas City Hall built. 1979 Liberace Museum opens near city. Faith Lutheran Middle School & High School opens. 1980
Nevada Historical Society established. [5] Carnegie Free Public Library opens. [6] 1905 – Virginia Street Bridge rebuilt. 1907 Reno Commercial Club incorporated. [3] City Hall rebuilt. [3] Richard Kirman, Sr. becomes mayor. University of Nevada's Mackay School of Mines established. [4] 1910 July 4: Jeffries-Johnson boxing match held.
September: Penthouse: The first U.S. issue of Robert Guccione's explicit monthly magazine hits newsstands, and is later called "the adult magazine that wormed its way into the kinkier recesses of the libidinal subconscious and, arguably, did more to liberate puritan America from its deepest sexual taboos than any magazine before or since." [527]
Nevada (/ n ə ˈ v æ d ə,-v ɑː-/ ⓘ nə-VAD-ə, - VAH-, [5] [6] Spanish:) is a landlocked state in the Western region of the United States. [c] It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east.
Funding for the school was obtained by Nevada's first (of two) United States Senator (1865-1875), and former California Attorney General, of William M. Stewart (1827-1909), shortly after the federal Nevada Territory (1861-1864) was admitted to the federal Union as the 36th state in 1864, during the American Civil War (1861-1865), [3] and it was ...
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Each offers public access computers, adult and children's programming and meeting rooms in addition to books, downloadable media, DVDs, magazines and newspapers. Each also provides wireless connectivity to the Web for patrons who wish to use their electronic devices. The North Las Vegas Library, was the city's first library to open in 1966.