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Term Paper Title	Alan Gray
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Alan Gray
Nevada
Table Of Contents
1) Table Of Contents
2) State Flag
3) Facts
a) Seal
b) Motto
c) State Symbols
4) History
a) Capital
b) Year of Entry
5) Major Industries
6) Population
7) System of Government
8) Wildlife and Environment
9) Tourist Traps
10) Vacation Plan
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State Seal-

State Motto- All For Our Country
State Tree- Single-Leaf Pinion and Bristlecone Pine
State Flower- Sagebrush
State Animal- Desert Bighorn Sheep
State Colors- Silver and Blue
State Song-  “Home Means Nevada”
     Lyrics and Music by Bertha Raffetto
     Home means Nevada
     Home means the hills.
     Home means the sage and the pine
     Out by the by Trukee, silvery rills
     Out where the sun always shines
     Here is the land which I love the best
     Fairer than all I can see
     Deep in the heart of the golden west
     Home Means Nevada to me.
State Rock- Sandstone
State Precious Gemstone- Virgin Valley Black Fire Opal
State Semi-Precious Gemstone- Nevada Turquoise
State Grass- Indian Ricegrass
State Metal- Silver
State Fossil- Ichthyosaur
State Fish- Lahontan Cutthroat Trout
State Reptile- Desert Tortoise
State Artifact- Tule Duck Decoy
State Nicknames- Sagebrush State, Battle Born State
State Name Origin- Spanish “snowcapped”
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Capital- Carson City
Year of Entry to the US- October 31, 1864 - 36th state
History-
A few of the earliest American Indians lived in the Nevada area. Remains found near Las Vegas indicate that they might have lived there more that 20,000 years ago. Picture writings have also been left by cave dwelling Indians in southern Nevada.
     It is said that the first white man to enter the Nevada Territory was Fanscisco Garces. He was just passing through on his way to California in 1775 or 1776. Trappers and fur traders began exploring the region sometime between 1825 and 1830. Peter S. Ogden explored the Humbolt River Valley with a few other trappers of the Hudson’s Bay Company. Another man, Jedediah S. Smith led more trappers across the Las Vegas valley region into California and back across the Great Basin.
     William Wolfskill, in 1830, made a route, called the Old Spanish Trail, from Santa Fe to Los Angeles. The trail opened up Nevada to trade from the southeast region. Joseph Walker, another trapper, made a trail along the Humbolt River in 1833 on his way to California. In 1848, hundreds of wagon trains rolled across this trail to get to the gold in California after it was discovered. Lieutenant John C. Fremont explored the Great Basin and Sierra Nevada between 1843 and 1845...

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