"The New All-too-True-Blue History of Nevada" is a creative history of Nevada (or an "alternative" history, if you will). Events that are covered include, but are not limited to: TIME IMMEMORIAL -- First Inhabitants 1804 -- Nevada Part of Alta California, Spain 1821 -- Nevada Becomes Part of Mexico 1826 -- Jedediah Smith 1843 - Joseph Walker 1848 -- Guadalupe Hidalgo 1859 -- Comstock Lode 1860 -- Gold Rush in Aurora 1861 -- Territoryhood 1863 -- Clemens becomes Twain 1864 -- Statehood 1883 -- "Life among the Piutes" 1899 - The Mother of All Slot Machines 1926 -- First Air mail 1931 -- Big-Time Gambling 1931 to 1936 - Hoover Dam Constructed 1942 -- Area 51 1943 -- "The Ox-Bow Incident" Movie 1951 to 1992 -- Nuclear Testing Begins & Ends 1959 to 1973 -- Bonanza 1972 -- "Beer and Tanning in Lost Wages" 1976 -- "The Shootist" 1996 -- "Independence Day" 2008 -- "Nevada Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" Most of the events have explanatory images to help you visualize the history lessons.
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