On October 31, 1864, Nevada became the 36th state of the Union with Carson City as its capital. Nevada today is famously known for its huge hotels with casinos and tourism. Nevada couldn't get into the Union any sooner because the population wasn't enough, but President Lincoln knew that the war funds were running low. So Lincoln made Nevada a state so that he can have money for the war effort with the copper and gold that …showed first 75 words of 1675 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1675 total…first woman elected Mayor of Reno. In 1990 Jan Laverty Jones was the first woman elected as Mayor of Las Vegas. In 1997 the October 15th - The first supersonic land speed record was set in Nevada's Black Rock Desert 125 miles north of Reno. The record set was 766.100 mph. Nevada today is filled with casinos all over and many new homes are being built, as the population increases to 2,173,491 done by the Census in 2002. State Report: Nevada