Nevada state tree facts

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1. The name of the state is "Nevada" and it was named after a Native American tribe called the Natives, who lived in what is now Nevada Territory.

2. There are currently more than 300 different tribes living in Nevada, but only about 40 or so have official tribal status. Most of them live on reservations, which are run by the federal government.

3. The largest tribe in Nevada is the Yavapai Indians, with about 1 million members. They are located near Flagstaff, Arizona. Their reservation has a population of around 2,000 people.

4. Nevada has three official dances: The Shuffle, the Jump and the Grizzly Bear Dance.

5. Nevada was the first state to choose to allow gambling in a constitution. In 1931, gambling was not legalized by the state and there were attempts to ban it completely. In 1931, a group of businessmen won a Supreme Court case that first legalized gambling in the United States.

6. Nevada has more historic ghost towns than any other state. The most famous are Desert Charlie, Cowboy/Saloon and Tipton.

7. Nevada was known as the "Silver State" before it was known as the "Gambling State."

8. Nevada is the only state that has flintlocks as its official state firearm.

9. Nevada has more than just gambling options. You can also get a Dueling Ring, Go Ape, and Lottery terminal in the state.

10. Nevada has the Laughlin River, which is so wide that you can house multiple casinos on each side of it.

11. The state fair runs for a whole month, starting from the last week of October.

12. Nevada is one of two states, the other one being Tennessee, that has their state baseball tournament played in March.

13. The state bird of Nevada is the Greater Roadrunner, which is a sort of a sandhill or an owl.

14. The state flower of Nevada is the Desert Rose.

15. Nevada has more than one type of sand. There is Dune Sand, Mountain Sand and Gravel or River Sand.

16. The state capital of Nevada is Carson City, which is also the only city in the country that's still operating on a legalized gold mining industry. The population of the city itself is only around 2,000 people.

17. It's illegal to go into a mine in Nevada without a Hazard Payout, which is a helmet and safety gear that has been paid for by the company that you will be working for.

18. The "Battle of the brave" took place in Nevada when William J. Apley, a Major in the California Column, led a group of soldiers into a small town called Battle Mountain to arrest some people he believed to be Copper Kings. The citizens resisted and shot at the soldiers. Two men by the name of Charlie and Eddy, from the town of Hooper, were killed in the battle that followed.

19. Nevada has a section of the state called the "Battle Mountain Battlefield". The state of Nevada has designated the area as a battlefield and a historical site, where you can bring your car and walk around the actual ground where the battle took place.

20. The state's first and only "wild" elephant is in northern Nevada. You can visit this animal in a game preserve called the "Fish and Wildlife Wildlife Preserve".

21. The "Silver State" has the highest concentration of ghost towns in America.

22. The beautiful mountains in northern Nevada were formed during the Pleistocene, which is a period that lasted from about 2.5 million to 11,000 years ago.

23. There are four separate mountain ranges in Nevada.

24. The "Sawatch Range" is in the central part of the state.

25. The "Hesperus Range" runs along the western side of the state.

26. The "Ruby Mountains" are in the far northeastern part of the state.

27. There are desert sand dunes in the state of Nevada that are more than 300 miles long.

28. The "Bootstrap Mountains" are a series of small mountains in the far north of the state.

29. The "New York Mountains" are a series of mountain ranges in the far southwest corner of the state.

30. The "Boulder Mountains" are a series of mountain ranges in the far southwest corner of the state.

31. The "Great Basin" is the largest and lowest area in the entire country. It covers over 75% of the area in Nevada, and is made up of complex layers of sheets of rock called "sheets deposition". This environment existed between about 15 to 300 million years ago.

32. There are more than 27 mountain ranges in the Great Basin.

33. The highest peak in Nevada is Sharp Peak, which is also the highest isolated peak in the entire state. It is located in the Ruby Mountains.

34. The lowest point in the state is the "Baker Sea", which is a dried up basin in the Great Basin.

35. The "Mormon Mountains" are a small isolated group of mountains in the far southwest corner of the state.

36. The "Humboldt River" is a small river that flows through the central part of the state.

37. The "Humboldt Sink" is a deep narrow hole in the desert floor in the central part of the state.

38. The "Jack Springs Basin" is a large basin in the far north of the state.

39. The "Jacob Lake" is a small and shallow lake in the far west of the state.

40. The "Valley of Fire" is a 1,000 foot wide basin in the far southwest of the state.

41. The "Deep Creek" is a small river that flows through the far north of the state.

42. The "Marroc Desert" is the main natural desert in the entire state of Nevada.

43. There are more than 1,000 different animal species in the state of Nevada.

44. There are over 2,000 different species of plants in the state of Nevada.

45. The "Silver State" is the only state whose name is composed of a color.

46. The first western movie shot in Nevada was "Riders of the Century" in 1899.

47. The "Military Geology Museum" houses the world's biggest collection of minerals.

48. The state flower of Nevada is the "Monarch".

49. The "Mormon Emigration and Immigrations Museum" is located in a former church.

50. There are more than 20 different species of lizards in the state of Nevada.

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