Nevada

__Nevada__


 * FACTS ON NE****ADA**
 * Size is 110,567 square miles
 * Population is 2,643,058
 * Has all rural, urban, and suberban areas


 * GEOGRAPHY**
 * Rivers in Nevada are Hombult, Truckee, Caroson, Colorado, and Walker
 * Landforms are Great Basin and Sierra Mountains
 * Lakes are Lake Tahoe, and Lake Mead


 * CLIMATE AND REIGON**
 * Climate is 80 can be 100 degrees farenhight
 * The low is 22 degrees farenhight
 * Reigon is Mountain Reigon
 * Never get any snow
 * Driest state in the country


 * NATURAL REASOURSES, INDESTRIES, AND CROPS**
 * Leading produser of Gold in country
 * Produses Murcurery, Magnisite, Tourquois, Silver, and of course Gold
 * Industries are rasing livestock and tourisum
 * Hay is leading crop in state


 * GOVERNMENT**
 * State govener is Brian Sandoval
 * Capital is Carison City
 * Senators are John Ensighn (republican) and Harry Reid (demacrat)
 * Total U.S. representitives is 3
 * Democrates 1 republicans 2
 * 21 state senators
 * 42 state representetives
 * 16 total counties


 * HISTORY**
 * The first people there were Pueblo, Washoe, Piutes, and Shoestone tribes (1700s)
 * The first settleres in Nevada were fur trappers(1834)
 * Settleres came for gold in 1826
 * Settelers came through Nevada on there way to California(1851)
 * Nevada became a state in 1864
 * U.S.Government tested atomic weapons in 1951
 * Hoover Dam was finished in 1936
 * First natonal park (Great Basin Natural Park) opend in 1986


 * NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES**

The native american tribes lived all over the United States. Some live in Nevada. The tribes that lived in Nevada were the Piutes, Shoshone, Washoe, and Pueblo tribes. The Washoes mainly fished and hunted small game to get food. The Puite farmed to get food. They also made baskets as a recreation. The Pueblo bilthouses made of grass and mud. That is some interesting facts on the tribes of Nevada.


 * STATE SYMBOLS**
 * State bird is Mountain Bluebird
 * State tree is a Bristlecone Pine
 * State flower is a Sagbrush Flower
 * State animal is a Desert Bighorn Sheep
 * State nickname for Nevada is The Silver State


 * CULTURE AND FUN FACTS**
 * Some famous people from Nevada are Andre Agasin, Charisma Carpenter, and Pat Nixon
 * Some famous recipies that came from Nevada are Liberance, Cowboy Chili, and Pomegranite Salad
 * There are many rodios in Nevada
 * People can gamble in Nevada
 * In Nevada there are no pro sports teams


 * OTHER CATIGORIES**
 * Nevada hosts Cowboy Poetry Gathering
 * The Federal Government owns 80% of Nevada
 * Nye County is the 3rd largest County in the Country
 * Nevada takes its meaning "Snow Caped"
 * Nevada became a state on Holloween of 1864