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Spaniard Francisco Tomas Garces was the first to explore Nevada.
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Trappers Peter Skene Ogden and Jedidiah Smith explore Nevada.
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Pioneers in Sierra Nevada suffer a huge blizzard where 49 were killed.
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Over 60,000 settlers in covered wagons (called the 49ers) passed through Nevada on their way west.
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Congress created the Nevada territory, with Carson City as the territoial capital.
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Nevada becomes the 31 U.S. state.
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(What they also called The Great Meteorite) fell from the sky. It exploded over Canderlaria, Nevada and not much of the town exists today. Now it's a ghost town.
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Nevada's women gain the right to vote.
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The Hoover Dam (at 726 feet high) was finally completed with 21,000 people to make it and it has a great beautiful view.
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There was a law pass to protect Lake Tahoe from pollution.
