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A group of American Pioneers who set out for California were trapped in a winter storm in SIerra Nevada. They resorted to cannibalism. 48 of the 87 members reached California.
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Jedediah Smith became the first white man to enter Nevada
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Established in 1859, Virginia City is one of the oldest cities in Nevada. Due to the Comstock Lode, the city became known as the richest city in America.
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Discovery of the first large silver ore deposit found by Henry T. P. Comstock.
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The Utah Territory, also known as the Washoe became the Nevada Terriory on March 2nd, 1861.
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Nevada became the 36th state in the Union on October 31st, 1864.
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Gambling became legal in the state of Nevade in 1869. It was outlawed in 1909 and later relegalized in 1931.
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Built at the peak of the silver boom, The Carson City Mint was established to regulate coins from the Comstock Lode.
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First well drilled for oil in Washoe County, southwest of Reno. It was 1,890 feet deep.
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Also known as Boulder Dam, built on the border of Nevada and Arizona. The Hoover Dam was dedicated to President Hoover by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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El Rancho Vegas was the first casino built on the Vegas Strip by Thomas Hull and designed by architect Wayne McAllister.
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The Las Vegas Strip is home to 19 of the top 25 largest hotels in the world, along with casinos. The Strip itself is 4.2 miles long.
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The MGM Grand Las Vegas opened and is now the second largest hotel in the world. The lion being their mascot, The MGM Grand has a glass-sided room filled with six lions.
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A two-day party celebrating the lauch of the Xbox 360 game console in the middle of the Mojave Desert in Nevada.
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Former Indy 500 Champion, Dan Wheldon was killed in a 15 car accident on lap 11 of the 2011 IZOD Indycar World Championship race at the Las Vegas Speedway.
