1. Nevada Day October, 25 th, 2013

2.  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.  Nevadan's have the distinction of holding the largest formal statehood celebration in the nation!

3. nevadaday.com A parade in Carson City starts at 10:00

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5.  1858 – Comstock Lode discovered  March 2, 1861 – Nevada Territory separated from Utah Territory  October 31, 1864 – Nevada becomes the 36 th state (“Battle Born”)  1874 – University of Nevada founded in Elko, moved in Reno in 1885  1879 – Reno High School founded

6.  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 7 th in the US  Population: Ranked 35 th (fastest growing state in the last ten years)  Nevada the “Most Mountainous” state in the country (172 summits higher then 2,000 feet)

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8. 1. Las Vegas – 591,536 2. Henderson – 265,790 3. North Las Vegas – 216,672 4. Reno – 214,853 Sparks 8 th with 88,518

9. 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; Famous Nevadan’s

10. Questions?