Posts Tagged ‘silver state’

Nevada Day Parade

Come celebrate the Silver State! At the largest statehood celebration in the country, you can come and celebrate the admission of the Silver State into the Union on October 31, 1864. Nevada Day is a state holiday that falls on the last Friday of October each year and in addition to that, this year we are lucky…

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The Real Nevada: 17 Nuggets of Knowledge

It’s not all flat desert: There are 314 named mountain ranges, and over 100 unnamed mountain ranges that cut through the deserts at random, with 40 summits throughout the state exceeding 10,000 feet in elevation, making Nevada the most mountainous state in the United States. Mountains are full of hiking and biking: Within the mountains of…

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