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History: Nevada statehood gained by telegraph
We call Oct. 31, Halloween, but here in Nevada we also call it Nevada day, even though it might not be celebrated on that exact day. But it was on that day in 1864 that Nevada became a state. The 1859 discovery of the incredibly large and rich silver deposits at Virginia City had rapidly […]