Not only is today Halloween, it's also Nevada's birthday, which is why students there get the day off. I was born in Reno and went to elementary school in the state.
Fun fact: Nevada became a state just in time to vote for Abraham Lincoln in his reelection bid.
Didn't it literally become a state to help support Lincoln in his re-election? I seem to remember reading that it might have been too small in population to become a state yet, but was fast-tracked anyway...
Also its hilarious that it became a state that early while it took 30 more years for Utah to become a state.
The Northwest Ordinance made the 60,000 person requirement, but I'm not sure if that applied to land outside of the Northwest Territory.
Fun Fact: In 1864, Nevada only cast two votes in the Electoral College.
