Nevada is officially known as the "Silver State" because of the importance of silver to its history and economy. It is also known as the "Battle Born State" because it achieved statehood during theCivil War (the words "Battle Born" also appear onits state flag); due to thepresidency ofAbraham Lincoln, the Union benefited immensely from the support of newly awarded statehood by the infusion of the monetary support of nearly $400 million in silver ore generated at the time by theComstock Lode. It is also known as the "Sagebrush State", for the native plant of the same name; and as the "Sage-hen State". The state's name means "snowy" in Spanish, referring to Nevada's extensive number ofmountain ranges capped with snow in winter, which help make Nevada among thehighest US states by mean altitude. These include theCarson Range portion of theSierra Nevada (and about 1/3 ofLake Tahoe by surface area), as well as theToiyabe Range,Ruby Mountains, andSpring Mountains (which exemplify thesky islands of theGreat Basin montane forests), in western, central, northeastern, and southern Nevada, respectively. Nevada is the driest U.S. state, both lying in therain shadow of the Sierra Nevada and receiving among the highestsolar irradiance of any U.S. state, and is thus largelydesert andsemi-arid. Nevada comprises the majority of theGreat Basin, as well as a large portion of theMojave Desert. In 2020, 80.1% of the state's land was managed by various jurisdictions of theU.S. federal government, both civilian and military.
Native Americans of thePaiute,Shoshone, andWashoe tribes inhabit what is now Nevada. The first Europeans to explore the region were Spanish. They called the regionNevada (snowy) because of the snow which covered the mountains in winter, similar to theSierra Nevada in Spain. The area formed from mostlyAlta California and part ofNuevo México's territory within theViceroyalty of New Spain, which gained independence as Mexico in 1821. The United States annexed the area in 1848 after its victory in theMexican–American War, and it was incorporated as part of theNew Mexico andUtah Territory in 1850. The discovery of silver at theComstock Lode in 1859 led to a population boom that became an impetus to the creation ofNevada Territory out of western Utah Territory in 1861. Nevada became the 36th state on October 31, 1864, as the second of two states added to the Union during the Civil War (the first beingWest Virginia). (Full article...)
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The Strat tower is the tallest observation tower in the United States
The city ofLas Vegas,Nevada and its surrounding unincorporated communities in theLas Vegas Valley are the sites of more than 160high-rises, 42 of which stand taller than 400 feet (122 m). The tallest structure in the city is theStrat tower, which rises 1,149 feet (350 m) just north of theLas Vegas Strip. The tower is also the tallestobservation tower in the United States. However, the Strat is not considered a building because the vast majority of the tower is not habitable. The tallest building in Las Vegas is theFontainebleau Las Vegas, which rises 735 feet (224 m) and wastopped out in November 2008. This building remained unfinished for several years due to thelate-2000s recession and opened in December 2023. The second tallest habitable building in the city is the 59-storyResorts World, which rises 673 feet (205 m) and was completed in 2021.
Beginning in the 1960s, high-rise hotels began to become more concentrated on the Las Vegas Strip. The first high-rise hotel andcasino resort to rise higher than 492 feet (150 m) was the 529-foot (161 m)New York-New York Hotel & Casino, completed in 1997. Las Vegas entered into a skyscraper-building boom in the late 1990s that has continued to the present; of the city's 40 tallest skyscrapers, 39 were completed after 1997. As of 2025, the skyline of Las Vegas is ranked 66th in the world and 18th in the United States with 176 completed high-rises. (Full article...)
Downtown Las Vegas (commonly abbreviated asDTLV) is thecentral business district and historic center ofLas Vegas, Nevada, United States. It is the original townsite, and theDowntown Gaming Area was the primary gambling district of Las Vegas prior tothe Strip. As the urban core of theLas Vegas Valley, it features a variety of hotel and businesshighrises, cultural centers, historical buildings and government institutions, as well as residential and retail developments. Downtown is located in the center of the Las Vegas Valley and just north of theLas Vegas Strip, centered onFremont Street, theFremont Street Experience andFremont East. The city defines the area as bounded byI-15 on the west, Washington Avenue on the north, Maryland Parkway on the east and Sahara Avenue on the south. (Full article...)
Image 14Sculpture representing a steam locomotive, in Ely, Nevada. Early locomotives played an important part in Nevada's mining industry. (fromNevada)
Image 16MGM Grand, with sign promoting it as The City of Entertainment (fromNevada)
Image 17Map of the States of California and Nevada by SB Linton, 1876 (fromNevada)
Image 18The 1931 gambling law helped enable the explosive growth of theLas Vegas area, where the population grew from five thousand in 1930 to over two million by 2013. (fromHistory of Nevada)
Image 19Goldstrike (Post-Betze) Mine in theCarlin Trend, the largestCarlin-type deposit in the world, containing more than 35,000,000 troy ounces (1,100 t) gold (fromNevada)
Image 24Goldstrike (Post-Betze) Mine in theCarlin Trend, the largestCarlin-type deposit in the world, containing more than 35,000,000 troy ounces (1,100 t) gold (fromNevada)
Image 46Sculpture representing a steam locomotive, in Ely, Nevada. Early locomotives played an important part in Nevada's mining industry. (fromNevada)
Image 50A burro-drawn wagon hauling lumber and supplies into Goldfield, Nevada, ca.1904. In 1903 only 36 people lived in the new town. By 1908 Goldfield was Nevada's largest city, with over 25,000 inhabitants. (fromHistory of Nevada)
Image 58The Nevada 1861 territory boundary (blue) changed three times: 1864 statehood shifted eastern border from 39th to 38th meridian,1866 May 5; east border (pink) moved eastward 53.3 mi (85.8 km), from the 38th to 37th meridian, and 1867 January 18; south boundary (yellow) moved from the37th parallel north southward to the current boundary (14 Stat. 43) (fromHistory of Nevada)
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