Home Means NEvada
Entered the Union Capital Origin of Name State Motto State Nicknames State Song National Forests State Parks State Bird State Tree State Flower State Mammal
October 31 , 1864 ( 36th ) Carson City Spanish for “ snow-covered ” All for Our Country Sagebrush State , Silver State , Battle Born State “ Home Means Nevada ” 2 32 Mountain Bluebird Bristlecone Pine Sagebrush Desert Bighorn Sheep
• Nevada was made famous by the 1859 discovery of the Comstock Lode , the richest known U . S . silver deposit .
• Nevada is the largest gold-producing state in the nation . It is second in the world behind South Africa .
• Nevada is the gambling and entertainment capital of the United States .
• Las Vegas has more hotel rooms than any other place on earth .
• Most of the state is desert but the Sierra Nevada mountain range near Reno and the Ruby Mountains near Elko have snow for half the year .
• Nevada has more mountain ranges than any other state , with its highest point at the 13,145 foot top of Boundary Peak near the west-central border .
• About 150 couples get married in Las Vegas each day .
• In 1899 Charles Fey invented a slot machine named the Liberty Bell . In 1999 Nevada had 205,726 slot machines , one for every 10 residents .