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1200's - 1700's

(1200's) Mojave Indians inhabited the land, planted crops along river banks
(1519) Area claimed by Spain
(1609) Town of Santa Fe established as Spanish-Indian trade center
(1776) Spanish missionaries arrived in southern Nevada

1800's

(1821) Mexico took control of the Nevada area
(1826) Peter Skene Ogden explored the Snake River; Jedediah Smith led expedition to Muddy River
(1828) Ogden discovered Humboldt River
(1830) Santa Fe merchant, Antonio Armijo, led first pack train from Santa Fe to Los Angeles
(1833) Joseph Walker led expedition along Humboldt River
(1841) Earliest immigrants, the Bartleson-Bidwell party, passed through Nevada
(1842) Capt. John Fremont and party were first white men to view Lake Tahoe
(1843) Joseph Walker led first group of wagons across the Sierra
(1846) Donner party became trapped in the Sierras. 47 out of 87 perished.
(1848) The United States gained control of Nevada after the Mexican-American War ended
(1849) Over 60,000 settlers in covered wagons (49ers) passed through Nevada on their way west
(1851) Gold was discovered near Dalton
(1859) Silver discovery brought thousands into the state; Virginia City developed almost overnight
(1860) The Nevada Territory was created
(1864) Nevada became 36th state
(1869) Gambling was legalized; an earthquake shook Reno; transcontinental railroad crossed Nevada for the first time
(1870) U S Mint established in Carson City; first train robbery in the Western U S occurred
(1875) Virginia City was consumed by the great fire
(1888-90) Nearly 100 inches of snow fell in northern Nevada - the "White Winter"
(1890) Elizabeth Potts first woman to be executed in Nevada
(1894) The Great Meteor fell

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