The Story of Nevada In 100 Landmarks

<p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>America turns 250. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Let's go find the candles.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Looking for a history lesson that doesn't feel like homework? You've found it. At 250history.com the Semiquincentennial Series brings each state's distinctive landmarks to center stage to tell their fast and fun story. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>We've wandered through big cities tiny towns muddy trails and neon-lit highways-uncovering 5000 historic gems along the way.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Semiquincentennial isn't just a mouthful-it's a reminder that history is alive sometimes weird and always waiting to be rediscovered. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Whether you're traveling by road by printed page or by imagination; whether you are a lifelong native or visiting for a week we invite you to explore 100 Nevada landmarks that illuminate the one-of-a-kind story of the Silver State. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Pony Express... Little Joe Cartwright... ichthyosaurs... iron horses...</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>USO... UFO... mimetic architecture... Bill the Lion and Leo the Lion...</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>the CCC... Pyramid Lake War... square-set timbering... the golden age</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>of motoring... irrigation canals... early aviation... Mark Twain... beehive</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>kilns... fire towers... reclamation projects... cathouses... shrimp cock-</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>tail... divorces...weddings... public hangings... bloody handprints...</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Washoe seeress... Sutro Tunnel... Taj Mahal of Tenpins... the Loneliest</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Road in America... Googie architecture... This book will have you tell-</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>ing stories like a native in no time.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The photos and stories collected here are a fast and fun way to learn</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>the explanations behind the quirks the traditions and the secrets that</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>make Nevada uniquely Nevada. What town was known as The Pitts-</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>burgh of the West? Solved. What was the Silver State's first national</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>monument? A mystery no more. What Nevada golf course was de-</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>signed by America's first woman golf pro? Identified. How did Nevada</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>contribute to the Civil War? Revealed. What goes on in Area 51? No</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>one knows.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>It is a story only Nevada can call its own. A story told in 100 landmarks. Almost all the selections within are open to the public or at least visible from public spaces. So fire up the GPS and see the story of the Silver State standing in plain sight on Nevada streets!</span></p><p></p>