Nevada
- State animal: Desert Bighorn Sheep
- State artifact: Tule Duck Decoy
- State bird: Mountain Bluebird
- State colors: Silver and Blue
- State fish: Lahontan cutthroat trout
- State flower: Sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata)
- State fossil: Ichthyosaur
- State grass: Indian ricegrass
- State march: "Silver State Fanfare" by Gerald Willis
- State metal: Silver (Ag)
- State motto: "All for our country"
- State precious gemstone: Virgin Valley black fire opal
- State semiprecious gemstone: Nevada turquoise
- State song: "Home Means Nevada" by Bertha Raffetto
- State reptile: Desert Tortoise
- State rock: Sandstone
- State soil: Orovada (soil) series
- State tartan: A particular tartan designed for Nevada by Richard Zygmunt Pawlowski
- State trees: Single-leaf Pinyon pine and Bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva)
A fictional history (with a great deal of fact) titled Nevada was written by Clint McCullough.
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References
- ^ a b Elevations and Distances in the United States. U.S Geological Survey (29 April 2005). Retrieved on November 6, 2006.
- ^ Nevada Natural Resources Status Report
- ^ Popul of Nevada's Counties and Incorp cities 2006 Time Series EMAIL 012207.xls
- ^ Outsiders who criticize this practice may recall that many Spanish-derived place names in the United States are no longer pronounced by native English speakers in a manner which reflects the name's Spanish roots (the pronunciation of the name "Los Angeles," for instance, is commonly accepted as "Los An-JELL-es" not "Los An-HELL-es" by native English speakers.
- ^ Griffith, Martin. "It's Nuh-VAD-uh, not Nuh-VAH-duh", Las Vegas Review-Journal, 2008-01-18. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
- ^ National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, N.C., and Storm Phillips, STORMFAX, INC.
- ^ Rocha Guy, Historical Myth a Month: Why Did Nevada Become A State?
- ^ CNN
- ^ Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life
- ^ Nevada Mining Association, Economic Overview of the Nevada Mining Industry 2004
- ^ United States Department of Agriculture Nevada State Agriculture Overview - 2005
- ^ Lawrence M. Friedman, American Law in the Twentieth Century (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2002), 596-597.
- ^ State smoking ban sparks zone-change request for Gardnerville parcel Nevada Appeal | Serving Carson City, Nevada
- ^ Have Nevada bars given up the smoking habit?
- ^ Las Vegas Now - Breaking News, Local News, Weather, Traffic, Streaming Video, Classifieds, Blogs - UPDATED: Bilbo's Smoking Lawsuit Case
- ^ Wilderness.net
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