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State Capital: Carson City
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Admission to Statehood:
October 31, 1864
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State Bird: Mountain Bluebird
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Economy-
- Agriculture: Cattle, hay, dairy products, potatoes.
- Industry: Tourism, mining, machinery, printing and publishing, food processing, electric equipment.
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State Flag: On a cobalt blue background in the upper left quarter is a five-pointed silver star between two sprays of sagebrush crossed to form a half wreath; across the top of the wreath is a golden scroll with the words, in black letters, "Battle Born." The name "Nevada" is beneath the star in gold letters. The current Nevada State Flag design was adopted March 26, 1929, and revised in 1991.
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State Flower: Sagebrush - Big sagebrush is an aromatic, woody shrub, freely branched above, from 4-30 dm
tall. Young stems are silvery-gray, while the older stems become grayish brown.
The oldest stems have bark which is noticeably shredded. The leaves are gray,
crowded and narrowly cuneate with 3 rounded teeth or lobes on the blunt tip.
They are silvery green above and below and strongly scented. The leaves
alternate on the stems, and they may be both deciduous and winter persistent.
The flower heads are loosely spread out along the tips of the branches. The
flower heads are soley discoid with 3-8 flowers per head. Big sagebrush flowers
from late summer into fall.
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Highest Point: Boundary Peak; 13,143 feet, 9th
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Lowest Point: Colorado River; 470 feet, 37th
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Motto: All for our country
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State Nickname: The Silver State
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State Tree: Bristlecone Pine
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