250 Years · 50 States · One Historic Milestone
The discovery of silver at the Comstock Lode near Virginia City in 1859 brought a massive...
Read more →Nevada was admitted to the Union on October 31, 1864, in the midst of the Civil War. Presi...
Read more →Las Vegas was founded in 1905 when the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad aucti...
Read more →Nevada legalized gambling statewide in 1931, setting the stage for the development of Las...
Read more →Completed in 1936, the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River near Las Vegas was one of the larg...
Read more →Beginning in 1951, the Nevada Test Site in the desert north of Las Vegas became the primar...
Read more →The opening of Caesars Palace in 1966 marked a turning point in the evolution of the Las V...
Read more →Reno and the Lake Tahoe area developed into major tourism destinations during the latter d...
Read more →In 1989, the federal government selected Yucca Mountain in Nevada as the proposed site for...
Read more →Today, Nevada welcomes tens of millions of visitors each year to Las Vegas, Reno, and its...
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