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Did You Know?
• You might think of it as the gambling
state, but silver ore helped put
Nevada on the map. The 1859
discovery of the Comstock Lode
triggered a silver rush and population
boom. Nevada’s location and mineral
wealth made it an attractive potential
Union state during the Civil War, and
so it was. That’s why Nevada’s also
known as the Battle Born State.
• California’s known as the Golden
State, but most U.S. gold comes
from Nevada.
• In Spanish, “nevada” means
“snow-capped.” But if you say
the state’s name with the Spanish
pronunciation—Nev-AH-da—you
probably don’t live there. Locals
usually pronounce it Nev-AD-a.
• Nevada was originally inhabited by
the Paiute, Shoshone, and Washoe
tribes. The first permanent nonnative
settlement, built in 1851,
belonged to a different group—the
Mormons.
• Only 18 states have an official state
grass. Nevada and Utah share
the same one—Indian ricegrass,
a popular food among bison,
jackrabbits, and people on glutenfree
diets. The latter consume it as
Montina flour.
• Nevada is also one of seven U.S.
states with no individual income
tax. It doesn’t collect corporate
income tax, either.
• The iconic Welcome to Fabulous Las
Vegas sign was created by 35-yearold
graphic designer Betty Willis in
1959. She never trademarked the
design, calling it her “gift to the
city.” Willis continued working in
neon signage until she was 77.
• With fewer than 10 inches of rain
per year, Nevada’s the driest state
in the U.S.
• Nevada’s the seventh-largest state
in size, and about 86 percent of
its land is owned by the federal
government. From 1951 to 1992,
928 nuclear tests were performed
at the Nevada Test Site just 65 miles
northwest of Las Vegas.
• Nevada’s the only U.S. state to
legalize prostitution, but only in
the form of regulated brothels in
counties with populations under
400,000. So all that prostitution that
occurs in bigger cities like Reno and
Las Vegas is illegal... and thriving.
• While several states don’t have laws
banning public intoxication, Nevada
is the only one that specifically
prohibits any local or state law from
making it a public offense. It also
has a statewide law allowing the
24-hour sale of booze from bars,
restaurants, and stores.
• Which brings us to the well-known
tourism slogan, “What happens
in Vegas, stays in Vegas.” Though
different versions of the saying have
been used over the years by various
groups, “What happens here, stays
here” was first used in Las Vegas
Convention and Visitors Authority
ad campaigns in December 2002.
The Las Vegas advertising firm
R&R Partners created the slogan
and controversially bought the
trademark from the Authority for $1.
• Hoover Dam, located on the border
of Nevada and Arizona, was a
massive undertaking. Ideas for a dam
had been investigated since 1900,
but the project wasn’t authorized
until 1928. Construction began in
1931, and Hoover Dam was the
largest dam in the world—726 feet
high and 1,244 feet long—when it
was completed in 1935. It was the
largest producer of hydroelectric
power in the world until 1948.
• Hoover Dam was originally called
Boulder Dam. In 1947, it was
renamed after Herbert Hoover,
who negotiated the Colorado River
Compact as the U.S. secretary of
commerce before becoming the
31st U.S. president. Twelve years
earlier, Hoover hadn’t even been
invited to the dam’s dedication
ceremony.
• Reno is farther west than Los
Angeles.
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