GLÿÿCEventFirst Non-Native Explorers“ŽÿÿÍÍÍÍÿÿCNoteÿhThe first documented explorers in what is now Nevada entered that part of Alta California in the mid-1820s. Historians do not agree when and where these penetrations or crossings of the state were made. However; certainly Jedediah S. Smith, an American frontiersman, and Peter Skeen Ogden, an employee of the British Hudson's Bay Company, were among the first.zhttp://dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/docs/nsla/archives/political/historical/hist01.htm Taken from the Internet, November 15, 2001.€Humbolt River is Discovered•šÿÿÍÍÍÍ€4Peter Skene Ogden discovered the Humboldt River. ohttp://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/trailofthe49ers/trail.htm Taken from the Internet, November 15, 2001.€7First Emigrants to Use the Overland Trail to California‰¬ÿÿÍÍÍÍ€íThe Bartelson-Bidwell Party is the first band of emigrants to take the trail to California. They abandoned their wagons just west of present day Wendover, Nevada. Their party included the first white woman and child to make the trip. ohttp://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/trailofthe49ers/trail.htm Taken from the Internet, November 15, 2001.€"The "Provisional State of Deseret"µÿÿͺÿÿ€ÚThe "Provisional State of Deseret" included within its jurisdiction most of what is now Nevada and Utah, large portions of California, Arizona, and Colorado, and smaller areas of New Mexico, Wyoming, Idaho, and Oregon.zhttp://dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/docs/nsla/archives/political/historical/hist03.htm Taken from the Internet, November 15, 2001.€The Treaty of Guadalupe HidalgoñµÿÿÍÍÍÍ€sThe Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends the war with Mexico, establishing the Rio Grande as the Mexican-U.S. boundary.^http://www.myhistory.org/timeline/periodfour.html Taken from the Internet, November 14, 2001.€First Gold Mineó·ÿÿÍÍÍÍDayton€5The first gold mine was discovered by William Prouse.Uhttp://www.nevada-history.org/mines.html Taken from the Internet, November 14, 2001.€Utah Territory Established`¹ÿÿÍÍÍÍ€ÿ4United States Congress established the Utah Territory at the request of the Mormons in Salt Lake. The new territory, which comprised most of what is now the states of Utah, Idaho, and Nevada, came under the control of Brigham Young, Territorial Governor and leader of the Mormon Church in Salt Lake City. Vhttp://www.nevada-history.org/glance.html Taken from the Internet, November 13, 2001.€"First Permanent Building in NevadaT»ÿÿÍÍÍÍGenoa€ÿ John Reese and other Mormons arrived in Carson Valley with thirteen wagons loaded with supplies for a trading post, which became Mormon Station. It is said to have been the first permanent building in Nevada. A public meeting was held for the purpose of organizing a squatter government. Less than 100 persons took part in the gathering which was held at "Mormon Station" (now Genoa). The object of the meeting was to adopt local rules and regulations for the benefit of the settlers than coming into the country. Vhttp://www.nevada-history.org/glance.html Taken from the Internet, November 13, 2001.€%Latter-day Saints Mission EstablishedrÀÿÿÍÍÍÍ Mormon Fort€ÿõMormon Prophet Brigham Young sent a group of 30 men, [including Oscar Hamblin, brother of the famed Mormon Indian missionary], led by William Bringhurst to Las Vegas valley. Bringhurst had orders to establish a mission for the Latter-day Saints Church. They built a 150 square foot adobe brick fort, part of which still stands today as the oldest structure in Nevada, (but not the first), and is appropriately named the Mormon Fort. The mission was to serve a dual purpose: establish supply stations along the Old Spanish Trail and convert the Native Americans. The Mormons spent two years there before the harsh desert defeated their ambitions. The residents of the mission were also instructed to search for minerals that could be of an industrial use. Vhttp://www.nevada-history.org/glance.html Taken from the Internet, November 13, 2001.€ Mormon Exodus]ÃÿÿÍÍÍÍ€ÿ!Just as a degree of permanence began to tame and settle on Nevada, all was reversed. Word of the Mormon expansion and rumors of governmental irregularities in the territory filtered back to Washington, D.C., prompting President James Buchanan to dispatch federal troops to Utah. In the ensuing crisis, Bringham Young recalled all Mormon settlers to Salt Lake City. Although the matter was settled peaceably, the "Mormon Exodus of 1857" left Nevada populated only by its native Indian tribes and those prospectors "who didn't know any better." fhttp://www.state.nv.us/cnr/ndwp/history/nevada.htm#TITLE2 Taken from the Internet, November 15, 2001.€The Great Comstock Lode7ÆÿÿÍÍÍÍ€ÿèHow the discovery was made was not very romantic. What miners Peter O'Riley and Pat McLaughlin found was a great bed of black sulphuret of silver, filled with spangles of native gold. This gold, however, was alloyed with silver to such an extent that it was more the color of silver than of gold. When the discoverers struck into the odd looking black dirt, they only thought that it was a sudden change from the yellowish gravel and clay in which they had been digging. They decided to try some of the curious looking stuff in their rockers. The result astounded them. Before, they had only been taking out a dollar or two a day, but now they found the bottoms of their rockers covered with gold as soon as a few buckets of the new dirt had been washed. They found they were literally taking out gold by the pound. Their first efforts to mine the gold, however, were frustrated by the overwhelming quantities of thick, bluish sludge which emanated from the spring. After discarding it for some timeÂhttp://www.aracnet.com/~histgaz/dequil1.htm Taken from the Internet, November 14, 2001 and http://www.state.nv.us/cnr/ndwp/history/nevada.htm#TITLE2 Taken from the Internet, November 15, 2001.€Becomes A TerritoryšÈÿÿÍÍÍÍ€ÿ/By an Act of Congress, signed by President James Buchanan, the region achieved territorial status. Separate from Utah, officially adapting the name NEVADA, Spanish for Snow Capped. Later, President Abraham Lincoln would appoint James W. Nye of New York to serve as Nevada's first Territorial Governor.Vhttp://www.nevada-history.org/glance.html Taken from the Internet, November 13, 2001.€+The Territorial Enterprise Hires Mark TwainÊÿÿÍÍÍÍ Virginia City€ÿ¹During the great rush for the wealth of the Comstock, Virginia City's daily news paper, the Territorial Enterprise, had to hire another writer to keep up with the demand for news. A hungry, scraggly, dusty, "coyote-hole" miner showed up at the door to answer the need. We know him today as Mark Twain, the American humorist. Twain learned his writing skills during this period and had many opportunities to express his unique style of humor._http://www.territorial-enterprise.com/dequille.htm Taken from the Internet, November 14, 2001.€Becomes a StateÕÍÿÿÍÍÍÍ€ÿ˜As soon as Nevada had ironed out a Constituion (July 1864), Governor Nye sent two certified copies to President Lincoln--one by overland mail and one by sea. On October 24, Secretary of State William Seward notified Nye that the Constitution had not arrived. Nye ordered the Constitution wired to Washington, D.C. The 16,543-word document was sent by telegrapher to stations in Chicago, then to Philadelphia and on to the U.S. Military Telegraph of the War Department in Washington two days later The cost was $4,303.27. It was the longest telegram sent up to that time. On October 31, 1864 Nevada was admitted as the 36th member of the United States of America. zhttp://dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/docs/nsla/archives/political/historical/hist12.htm Taken from the Internet, November 15, 2001.€Construction of the Hoover DamÒ+4 Las Vegas€ÿ^U.S. Government had appropriated $165 million for the Boulder Canyon Project, later renamed the Boulder Dam, Las Vegas, and still later renamed Hoover Dam, in 1928 Tunnels had to be bored through hillsides to allow tracks to be laid for the train that brought supplies to the construction site. These tunnels still exist today, minus the tracks,. Whttp://www.nevada-history.org/glance.html Taken from the Internet, Novermber 13, 2001.€The Fremont Hotel OpensqPÍÍÍÍFremont€ÿ}At 11:00 am, The Fremont opened its doors to the public. It cost $6 million and was at fifteen stories, Nevada's tallest building. The opening coincided with the Helldorado Parade with Hopalong Cassidy presiding as Grand Marshal. The Fremont brought glamour to the downtown area by being the first "Carpet Joint," as distinguished from the rest of the downtown "Sawdust Joints." [http://u1.lvcm.com/sixeasy/fremont/history.htm Taken from the Internet, November 15, 2001.