Nevada,
One of the
Western States of the American Union, is bounded north by
Oregon and
Idaho, east by
Utah and
Arizona, south by
Arizona and
California, and west by
California.
It is limited in latitude by 35° to 42° N., and in longitude by 114° to 120° W.; and has an area of 110,700 square miles in fourteen counties.
Population in 1890, 45,761; 1900, 42,335.
Capital,
Carson City.
Father Francisco Garces sets out from
Sonora for
California, and passes through the southern portion of
Nevada......1775
Peter Skeen Ogden, of the
Hudson Bay Fur Company, discovers the
Humboldt River......1825
Jedediah S. Smith crosses the southeast corner of
Nevada on his way from
Great Salt Lake to
Los Angeles, Cal., and on his return crosses the
Sierra Nevada and the entire
State of Nevada from west to east......1827
Joseph Walker and thirty-five or forty men, trappers, pass through
Nevada from
Great Salt Lake by the
Humboldt River into
California......1832-33
A party under
Elisha Stevens, sometimes called the Murphy Company, pass through
Nevada down the
Humboldt in wagons on their way to
California......1844
Gen. J. C. Fremont's expedition crosses
Nevada from near
Pilot Knob into
California......1845
Nevada included in the territory ceded to the
United States by the treaty of
Guadalupe-Hidalgo......Feb. 2, 1848
H. S. Beatie takes possession of the present site of
Genoa, erects a log-house, and opens a supply depot for emigrants......1849
Gold discovered in small quantities in Gold Cañon, near
Dayton, by
Abner Blackburn......July, 1849
An immigrant named
Hardin discovers silver in the
Black Rock range, 1 1/2 miles from the place settled in 1866 as Hardinville......1849
Nevada included in the
Territory of Utah by act......Sept. 9, 1850
Trading-post erected on land where
Carson City now stands......1851
E. Allen and
Hosea B. Grosch discover silver ore in Gold Cañon......1853
Carson City laid out in
Eagle Valley by
Abraham V. Z. Curry, who built a stone house there......1858
Chinese first introduced into
Nevada to work on a mining-ditch at Gold Cañon......1858
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Territorial enterprise started at
Genoa by
William L. Jernegan and
A. James......Dec. 18, 1858
Penrod Comstock & Co. discover the socalled
Comstock lode in Six-Mile Cañon......June 11, 1859
First settlement on the site of
Reno made by
C. W. Fuller......1859
A constitution for the unorganized
Territory of Nevada, prepared in July, is adopted by the people......Sept. 7, 1859
First pony express reaches
Carson Valley in eight and a half days from
St. Joseph, Mo. The news by it is telegraphed to
San Francisco and published there in nine days from New York......April 12, 1860
First Catholic church in
Nevada erected at
Genoa by
Father Gallagher......1860
War between the settlers and the
Pah-Utes Indians opens by an attack on
Williams Station, May 7.
Battle at
Pyramid Lake fought May 12, and at Fort Storey, June 3, after which the Indians disperse......1860
Territory of Nevada organized by Congress......March 2, 1861
Jesse L. Bennett, a Methodist preacher in
Carson Valley during 1859, delivers the first sermon ever preached in
Virginia City, then the capital......1861
Governor Nye proclaims the
Territory organized......July 11, 1861
Carson City declared the permanent seat of government by act of the legislature......Nov. 25, 1861
Butler Ives, commissioner on the part of
Nevada, and
John F. Kidder, of
California, meet in
Lake Valley to establish the boundary-line between
California and
Nevada......May 22, 1863
Discovery of a salt basin five miles square, near the sink of the
Carson River, containing pure rock-salt to a depth of 14 feet......1864
Under act of March 21, 1864, a convention to form a State constitution meets at
Carson City, July 4;
Nevada was admitted by proclamation......Oct. 31, 1864
Freemasonry established in the
State in February, 1862, and the grand lodge of
Nevada organized......January, 1865
Sutro Tunnel Company chartered to build a tunnel some 4 miles long to intersect and drain the Comstock lode at a depth of 1,600 feet......Feb. 4, 1865
Eastern boundary of
Nevada extended one degree by act of Congress......May 5, 1866
First railroad locomotive enters the
State, running from the
California side to Crystal Peak......1867
United States Supreme Court declares unconstitutional an act of
Nevada legislature levying a capitation tax of $1 on every person leaving the
State by any railroad, stage-coach, or other carrier of passengers......1868
Legislature ratifies Fifteenth Amendment to the
Constitution of the United States......March 1, 1869
United States branch mint at
Carson City, founded in 1866, begins operations......Nov. 1, 1869
Corner-stone of the
State capitol laid, June 9, 1870, and building completed and occupied......August, 1871
Lieutenant-Governor Denver refuses to surrender the
State prison to his successor in office,
P. C. Hyman, until compelled by militia and sixty armed men under
General Van Bokkelen, with one piece of artillery......1873
State University of
Nevada, chartered in 1864, is opened at Elko......1874
Bishop Whitaker's school for girls opened at
Reno......1876
Legislature by joint resolution amends the constitution so as to exclude from the privilege of electors any bigamist or polygamist......1877
State fish commission appointed by act of legislature, and a hatchery established at
Carson City......1878
Completion of the Sutro tunnel celebrated in the
Carson Valley......June 30, 1879
Nickel-mines discovered in
Humboldt county......1882
United States branch mint at
Carson City closed......1885
State university removed from Elko to
Reno and reopened......March, 1886
Acts of legislature passed providing for State immigration bureau and for the observance of Arbor Day in the
State......1887
Fourteen constitutional amendments voted upon by the people, who reject one to authorize lotteries, and adopt one
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giving women the right to hold school offices.
Election held......Feb. 11, 1889
Legislature appropriates $100,000 for a hydrographic survey of the
State, and provides for State board of reclamation and internal improvement......1889
Governor Stevenson dies, and is succeeded by
Lieut.-Gov. Frank Bell, acting......Sept. 21, 1890
Twenty-five of the twenty-eight constitutional amendments proposed in 1891 ordered submitted to the people 1894......1893
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