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 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 The California Gold Rush began in 1849 and silver and gold was found in Nevada near Virginia City in This source of wealth was called the Comstock Lode Nevada became the thirty-sixth U.S. state in In 1931 Nevada made gambling legal. Gambling is still a big business for the state.

Statehood October 31, 1864 The thirty-sixth U.S. state The U.S. Civil War ( ) 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 ° F The average July temperature is 73°F

Natural Resources Beef cattle Hay Sheep Gold Silver Diatomite

Places to visit Theresa Lake Tahoe Rim Trail Gold Hill Pyramid Lake Lehman Caves Reno’s Animal Ark Berlin’s Ichthyosaur Graveyard Reno’s Fleischmann Planetarium Red Rock Canyon Hoover Dam Lake Mead

Famous People Eva Bertrand Adams ( ) – director of the U.S. Mint. Andre Agassi (1970-) – tennis champion. Kit Carson ( ) – John Fremont’s scout, Carson City is named for him. Henry Comstock ( ) – claimed the gold and silver deposits that became the Comstock Lode. Pat Nixon ( ) – the wife of President Richard Nixon. Mark Twain ( ) – famous author. His book Roughing It (1872) told of his adventures in Nevada.

Bibliography Heinrichs, Ann. Nevada. Minneapolis: Compass Point Books, Google maps Bing images