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Nevada comes under Mexican control.
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Silver is discovered neare what in now Virginia City.
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Nevada becoms the 36th state in our nation.
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The price of silver begins to fall,causing many Nevada mines to close.
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Las Vagas is founded and becomes a city.
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Women in Nevada gain the write to vote.
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The Boulder Dam ( now Hoover dam) is a 726-foot structure generated by electricity.
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Nevada passes laws to prtect lake Tahoe from pollution
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Great Basin National Park is established as a National Park in the State of Nevada.
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The U.S. government stops the nuclear tests in Nevada
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Nevadans protect a federal decision to dump nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain.
