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Nevada
"The Silver State"


 

Highest Point: Boundary Peak 13,143 feet
 

State Song:  "Home Means Nevada"

State Motto: " All for our country

Statehood Date: October 31, 1864

State Capital: Carson City

 

Population: 1,680,900


National  Park:  Leham Caves

Products:
copper, gold, iron ore, lead,
manganese, mercury, sand & gravel,
silver, and zinc

 

Landmarks:

Hoover Dam is the highest dam in the U.S. with 75
towers from base to crest, its 115-mile-
long reservoir, Lake Mead, is one of the world's
largest man-made lakes.

 

State Flag:
Adopted 1929



 

State Bird: Mountain Blue Bird



 

State  Tree:  Single Leaf Pinyon



 

State Flower: Sagebrush


 
 

Capitol Building:


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