Nevada
The territory comprising the State of Nevada was a part
of the Mexican Territory of Alta California, and was
annexed to the United States at the time of taking
possession of Monterey by Commodore Sloat, in July,
1846. Subsequently it formed part of Utah, from which it
was segregated and organized into a Territory in 1861.
In October, 1864, Nevada was admitted into the Union as
a State, although the population did not exceed 00,000.
The boundaries are, north by Oregon and Idaho, east by
Utah and Arizona, and southwest and west by California.
The State is divided into fourteen counties, viz:
Churchill, Douglas, Elko, Esmeralda, Eureka, Humboldt,
Lander, Lincoln, Lyon, Ormsby, Nye, Storey, Washoe, and
White Pine. Capital, Carson City. Principal towns,
Virginia City, Gold Hill, Austin, Hamilton, Eureka,
Elko, Pioche, Reno, Winnemucca, Battle Mountain, Silver
City, Cornucopia, Palisades, Mineral City, Cherry Creek
and Columbus.
The finances of the State are on a very substantial
basis, the Treasury usually having cash assets exceeding
all indebtedness or demands upon it, and as large sums
are collected from the tax on bullion products, the
property of the State is assessed at a very low rate,
consequently the figures given as the assessed valuation
give no correct idea of the real value.
Nevada is an elevated, mountainous basin, with the
exception of its extreme southeastern portion, its
lowest valleys being 4,000 feet above the sea, and its
highest mountains reaching an altitude of 12,000 to
14,000 feet. The principal mountain ranges are the White
Mountains, in the southwest; Mount Davidson, in the
west; Humboldt, Clan Alpine, Shoshone, Toiyabe, Mount
Tenabo and Diamond, in the central part: White Pine and
Snake Range, in the east; Goose Creek, Tuscarora and
Battle Mountains, in the north; and Mount Irish and
Spring Mountains, in the south, with numerous other
ranges of less importance.
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Pacific Coast Business Directory
Source: Pacific Coast Business
Directory for 1876-78, Compiled by Henry G. Langley, San
Francisco, 1875.
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