Its riches helped pave the way to the creation of the Nevada Territory and eventually, statehood in 1864. The mining boom drew people from all over, Curtis said. Virginia City is particularly ...

The Nevada territory was virtually unexplored by Americans and Europeans until Spanish merchants established trading routes from Sante Fe to Los Angeles in 1829. They dubbed a marshy area along ...

And without that war, the territory would not have become a state, at least not as early as it did. Though many believe it was Nevada’s mineral wealth that prompted statehood, what President ...

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