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<text id=93AT0579>
<title>
Nevada--History
</title>
<history>
Compact ALMANAC--United States Directory
Nevada
</history>
<article>
<source>Compact</source>
<hdr>
History
</hdr>
<body>
<p> John C. Fremont's 1848 expedition with the ledgendary Kit
Carson as principal scout opened the land that is now Nevada.
</p>
<p> The region was then considered a part of the Republic of
Mexico. It was ceded to the United States by the Treaty of
Guadelupe Hidalgo, and the first permanent settlement was
established three years later. Mormons established a community
in the Carson Valley at the eastern base of the Sierra Nevada
mountains, and the area was administered as a part of the Utah
Territory.
</p>
<p> During the 1850s immigrants and prospectors moved into the
region. In 1857 relations between the federal government and
the Mormon Church became tense and Brigham Young called his
followers back to Salt Lake City.
</p>
<p> Two years later gold was discovered on the south flank of
Sun Mountain and the "Rush to Washoe" began. By then, California
had been a state for nearly 10 years, yet there were scarcely
300 non-Indian people living in what is now Nevada. But the
wealth of the Comstock Lode built Virginia City into a gaudy
young metropolis in the wilderness, and financed banks,
businesses and hotels in San Francisco, railroads in
several western states, and the Atlantic Cable.
</p>
<p> Although Nevada was short of the required population for
statehood, it was admitted to the Union on October 31, 1864.
Several boundry changes had been made after the Nevada
Territory had been organized in 1861 and the state assumed its
final shape in 1867.
</p>
<p> While mining camps went through their unpredictable swings
from boom to bust, agriculture grew in importance as cattle and
sheep outfits and hay ranches were established. Accessibility
to markets improved with the improvement of the highway system.
Las Vegas, established as a railroad depot in 1905, began its
growth as a resort city forty years later.
</p>
<p>Source: State of Nevada.
</p>
</body>
</article>
</text>