10.31.2010

Happy Nevada Day!


Some fun Nevada facts:

Nevada is the most mountainous state in the Union.
Samuel Clemens started using the pseudonym "Mark Twain" while writing for a paper in Virgina City, Nevada.
Richard Nixon's wife Pat was born in White Pine County Nevada.
Nevada's official state flower is sagebrush.
Nevada was one of only two states to enter the union during the Civil War.
Nevada is the only state to celebrate the day it became a state annually.


1 comment:

Lee-Ruth-Clark-Cal-Shanna-Haley-Elden said...

Great facts! Thanks for sharing them. I think I knew of only two of them. Now my life is enlightened. Hope you had a fun Nevada Day and hopefully you had they day off during the business week since Nevada Day was on a Sunday! Hope all is well! I need some pie recipes from you too!