Difference between revisions of "Nevada"
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== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_77236" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_77236" /> == | ||
<p> One of the western States of the American Union, occupying a wide stretch of territory on the Great Plateau or Basin, between the [[Rocky]] Mountains on the E. and the Cascades and the [[Sierra]] [[Nevada]] on the W., has [[Oregon]] and [[Idaho]] on the N., and [[California]] on the S. and W.; elevated, cold, dry, and barren, it offers little inducement to settlers, and is in consequence the least in population of the American States; the great silver discoveries of 1859 brought it first into notice, and mining still remains the chief industry; [[Virginia]] City and Carson (capital) are the chief towns; was admitted to the | <p> One of the western States of the American Union, occupying a wide stretch of territory on the Great Plateau or Basin, between the [[Rocky]] Mountains on the E. and the Cascades and the [[Sierra]] [[Nevada]] on the W., has [[Oregon]] and [[Idaho]] on the N., and [[California]] on the S. and W.; elevated, cold, dry, and barren, it offers little inducement to settlers, and is in consequence the least in population of the American States; the great silver discoveries of 1859 brought it first into notice, and mining still remains the chief industry; [[Virginia]] City and Carson (capital) are the chief towns; was admitted to the Union in 1864. </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:01, 12 October 2021
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [1]
One of the western States of the American Union, occupying a wide stretch of territory on the Great Plateau or Basin, between the Rocky Mountains on the E. and the Cascades and the Sierra Nevada on the W., has Oregon and Idaho on the N., and California on the S. and W.; elevated, cold, dry, and barren, it offers little inducement to settlers, and is in consequence the least in population of the American States; the great silver discoveries of 1859 brought it first into notice, and mining still remains the chief industry; Virginia City and Carson (capital) are the chief towns; was admitted to the Union in 1864.
