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Nevada Day October, 25 th , 2013

Nevada Day October, 25 th , 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 28 th (last Friday of October) Nevada Day Parade, on the 27 th .

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Nevada Day October, 25 th , 2013

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  1. Nevada Day October, 25th, 2013

  2. 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!

  3. What could I do on the 25th? A parade in Carson City starts at 10:00 nevadaday.com

  4. Nevada Day – more than a parade Chili Feed

  5. 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

  6. 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)

  7. State Symbols Sagebrush

  8. Largest Cities • Las Vegas – 591,536 • Henderson – 265,790 • North Las Vegas – 216,672 • Reno – 214,853 Sparks 8th with 88,518

  9. Famous Nevadan’s •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;

  10. Questions?

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