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The History of Nevada as a state began when it became the 36th state on October 31, 1864, after telegraphing the Constitution of Nevada to the Congress days before the November 8 presidential election (the largest and costliest transmission ever by telegraph).
These extinct marine reptiles, which ranged in size from 2 feet to over 50 feet long, swam in the ocean that covered central Nevada 225 million years ago during the Triassic Period. Nevada was...
Nevada became the 36th state of the union on October 31, 1864. Nevada is located in a mountainous region that includes vast semiarid grasslands and sandy alkali deserts. It is the most arid state of the country.
On March 2, 1861, the Nevada Territory separated from the Utah Territory and adopted its current name, shortened from The Sierra Nevada (Spanish for "snow-covered mountain range"). The 1861 southern boundary is commemorated by Nevada Historical Markers 57 and 58 in Lincoln and Nye counties.
Nevada - Mining, Gambling, Desert: Archaeological evidence indicates that prehistoric Indian settlements existed in Nevada more than 20,000 years ago. Cave dwellers left picture writings on rocks in southern Nevada, and Basketmakers and Pueblo Indians also flourished there.
Thanks to a lineage of larger-than-life personalities that helped define its own, Nevada’s history is the kind you want to remember. From the state’s first inhabitants and the Wild West to atomic testing and the evolution of the Las Vegas Strip, get the real Nevada story.
All of the interpretation and collections—artifacts, photographs, and maps—come from the Nevada Historical Society. Nevada: Prisms & Perspectives utilizes the Historical Society’s collections to tell five crucial stories about life in the Silver State.
Use our historical timeline of Nevada to explore the origin and beauty of Nevada's national and state parks.
Nevada is a state developed by mining, ranching, and tourism industries, with a casino history that includes major mafia figures, but it is also - and was firstly - a place of rich Indigenous development and heritage.
The Nevada Historical Society’s library, photograph, and manuscript collections constitute the largest and most complete repository of materials related to the history of Nevada and the Great Basin.