"Name officially adopted in 1861 when territory was established by Congress; from Spanish meaning snow-capped.
1851--First settlement in dispute--Genoa, near Carson City, permanently settled by Mormons, then called Mormon Station in Utah Territory. Dayton, also near Carson City, permanently settled by miners and traders, then called Gold Canyon in Utah Territory.
1854--Carson County created as part of Utah Territory.
1861--Created as Territory of Nevada on March 2
1864--Admitted as the 36th state of the United States as the State of Nevada on October 31. Date celebrated as state holiday Nevada Day since 1939."
"Nevada is the seventh-largest state, and geographically covers the Mojave Desert in the south to the Great Basin in the north. About 86% of the state's land is owned by the US federal government under various jurisdictions both civilian and military.[2] As of 2006, the population of the state was about 2.6 million, with over 85% residing in the metropolitan areas around Las Vegas and Reno.[3] The state is well known for its easy marriage and divorce proceedings, legalization of gambling and, in some counties, prostitution."
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"FERNLEY, Nev. — Hundreds of homes sat in as much as 8 feet of water Sunday following a canal rupture as freezing temperatures hindered efforts to get the water to drain away.
As many as 400 homes were damaged when the canal's bank gave way following heavy rainfall produced by the West Coast storm system that had piled snow at least 5 feet deep in the Sierra Nevada and blacked out thousands of customers in three states. At least three deaths were blamed on the storm....
The irrigation canal ruptured at Fernley early Saturday and was repaired by late in the day, but as much as a square mile of the town was still under water at least 2 feet deep Sunday as ice kept the water from draining naturally.
"Our hope is over the next 24 hours to get the water out," Fernley Mayor Todd Cutler said at a briefing Sunday morning. "But we still have up to 8 feet of water in some areas. We need to keep the storm drains unclogged to keep the water moving to a wetland. We also may need to do some pumping in some areas."
Lyon County Fire Division Chief Scott Huntley estimated 1,500 people had been displaced. No injuries were reported in the town of 20,000 people about 30 miles east of Reno.
Huntley said officials knew of 18 cases of people rescued from atop homes or cars as fire department and private boats plus four helicopters were pressed into action Saturday, but he believes there were many more.
"The sheer number of rescues was amazing," Huntley said Sunday.
"For citizens to give of themselves and to help their neighbors, I'm choked up about it," Cutler said.
Despite heavy rain Friday, Gov. Jim Gibbons said the canal was not full when the bank failed.
"This indicates to me there might have been a structural weakness over the years. Nobody knows and we don't want to speculate at this time," the governor said.
One possible factor that officials have mentioned was rodents burrowing holes in the earthen bank, which also was involved in a smaller collapse that flooded about 60 Fernley homes in December 1996.
"If you get just a tiny little break, from a rodent, from anything, it can take the rest of the soil and gravel with it," said Martha VanGeem, principal engineer with CTLGroup, a Skokie, Ill.-based consulting firm.
She said the large volume of water in the canal put more pressure on the bank and likely sped up its rupture. "They could have caught it early if there wasn't so much rain," VanGeem said.
"Frank, Melissa, Jesse, Jen, Junior and Kevin take a hilarious trip to the Hoover Dam. A take-off on National Lampoon's "Vegas Vacation.""
Related Sites: Wikipedia "..also known as Boulder Dam, is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada. The dam, located 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Las Vegas, is named after Herbert Hoover, who played an instrumental role in its construction, first as Secretary of Commerce and then later as President of the United States. Construction began in 1931 and was completed in 1935, more than two years ahead of schedule. The dam and the power plant are operated by the Bureau of Reclamation of the U.S. Department of the Interior. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981, Hoover Dam was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1985.[1][3] Hoover Dam, Hoover Dam, 18.9.2005 (youtube.com)
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" (CNN) -- There are some pretty unusual sites on the Las Vegas Strip. But snow on palm trees stole the show Thursday.
The heaviest Arctic blast in nearly three decades has coated the normally sunny city.
Tourists and locals handed off cameras, taking turns snapping pictures for posterity. On the Strip, a couple holding two tall fruity drinks clutched each other to stay steady in the ice. The iconic "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas" sign was dusted in white.
Business people who normally hop day flights between Las Vegas and California were seen in hotel lobbies scrambling to find an available room. The New York New York Hotel & Casino actually looked like the real New York in December....
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