What is National Nevada Day?
Starting the week of Independence Day and ending with Hawaii. We feature a small portion of each states' past, foods, and the people who make up the state. Several states have their own state celebrations. There's so much more to explore that we can't help but celebrate our beautiful country even more.
Nevada became the only other state to be granted statehood during the Civil War on October 31, 1864. The only other state to be granted statehood during the Civil War was West Virginia.
Trees are almost devoid of trees in the majority of the desert landscape. The state quickly transforms with vast open spaces, dramatic gorges, majestic mountains, and windswept rock formations.
Nevada may have once been the loneliest state in the nation, but it is home to the country's loneliest highway. The population soared sharply after the discovery of silver in 1859 by Comstock Lode in 1859. Nevada didn't have the 60,000 to be granted statehood by 1864, when the state was admitted to the union, and didn't have the necessary residents until 1880. According to the United States Census Bureau, it will even lose population and not reach the qualifying figures again until 1910.
Nevada was the first state to vote for the 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery, whether you like it or not.
