Nevada Facts1864 - Nevada was admitted as the 36th state of the United States on October 31. Nevada entered the Union as a state during the Civil War and just before the presidential election of 1864. The Constitutional Convention met in Carson City on July 4, 1864, just one year after the terrible battle at Gettysburg. The Union needed another state, another supporter of President Lincoln, to prove to the Confederacy that the Union was strong.
Nevada Nicknames - Battle-Born State, Sagebrush State, Silver State
State Bird – Mountain Bluebird
State Flower – Sagebrush
State Animal – Desert Bighorn Sheep
State Tree - Two trees share the State tree designation: The Single-Leaf Piñon and the Bristlecone Pine.
