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Nevada State Symbols, Songs, and Emblems

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DesignationList a-z Symbol / Emblem Adopted

Sources...

Nevada State Legislature, Nevada Revised Statutes, <http://leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-235.html> (Accessed August 05, 2010)
Nevada Department of Cultural Affairs, Student Guide to Nevada Information <http://dca.nevadaculture.org/dmdocuments/student_guide.pdf> (Accessed August 05, 2010)
Shankle, George Earlie. State Names, Flags, Seals, Songs, Birds, Flowers, and Other Symbols. Irvine, Calif.: Reprint Services Corp, Revised edition, 1971.
Shearer, Benjamin F. and Barbara S. State Names, Seals, Flags and Symbols: A Historical Guide Third Edition, Revised and Expanded. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 3 Sub edition, 2001.

Animal Desert bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni) 1973
Artifact Tule duck decoy 1995
Bird Mountain bluebird (Sialia currucoides) 1967
Colors Silver and blue 1983
Fish Lohontan Cutthroat trout (Salmo clarki henshawi) 1981
Flag Find out more... 1929
Flower Sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata or trifida) 1917
Fossil Ichthyosaur (genus Shonisaurus) 1977
Grass Indian Rice Grass (Oryzopsis hymenoides) 1977
Great seal Find out more... 1866
Insect Vivid dancer damselfly (Argia vivida) 2009
Locomotive Nevada Northern Railway Engine No. 40 2009
March "Silver State Fanfare," composed by Gerald Willis 2001
Metal Silver 1977
Precious gemstone Virgin Valley black fire opal 1987
Semi-precious gemstone Nevada turquoise 1987
Reptile Desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) 1989
Rock Sandstone 1987
Soil Orovada seriesadobe document 2001
Song "Home Means Nevada," written by Mrs. Bertha Raffetto 1933
Tartan Find out more... 2001
Tree Single-leaf pinon (Pinus monophylla) 1953
Tree Bristlecone Pine (Pinus longaeva) 1987

Making laws in Nevada

The Nevada Legislature offers Facts about the Nevada Legislature , How a Bill is Passed, and Legislative Terminologyadobe document to help us understand how laws are made in the state. Comprehensive information about the legislative process is found in the 2009 Legislative Manualadobe document.

Additional Information

Student Guide to Nevada Informationadobe document: from the Nevada Department of Cultural Affairs.

Nevada Facts: from the Nevada State Legislature.

Symbols & Icons of Nevada: Unaffiliated website, maintained by Founder & Webmaster James Shown - Winnemucca, Nevada.

CHAPTER 235 - STATE EMBLEMS; GIFTS AND ENDOWMENTS: from the Nevada Revised Statutes, TITLE 19--MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS RELATED TO GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS.

Nevada Facts and Symbols
Nevada
Facts and Symbols

Emily McAuliffe

Nevada Facts and Symbols, by Emily McAuliffe. 24 pages. Publisher: Capstone Press; Rev Upd edition (August 2003) Reading level: Grades 3-4. Interest level: Grades 3-9. Perfect for report writing! Easy-to-read text covers major Nevada symbols such as the state flag, seal, bird, tree, flower, animal, and more. A "Fast Facts" section highlights the state's capital city, largest city, physical size, population, natural resources, farm products, and primary manufactured goods. Also included are full-page maps that introduce the concept of the map key, which is great for teaching map-reading skills.

State Names, Seals, Flags and Symbols
State Names, Seals
Flags and Symbols

Benjamin F. Shearer
Barbara S. Shearer

State Names, Seals, Flags and Symbols, by Benjamin F. Shearer, Barbara S. Shearer. 544 pages. Greenwood Press; 3 Sub edition (October 30, 2001) This is one of the best, and most comprehensive, books we could find about the official state names and nicknames, mottoes, seals, flags, capitols, flowers, trees, birds, songs, and miscellaneous designations of each state. This, coupled with the 1938 Shankle book, formed the basis of our symbol library. If you're serious about your states symbols, you'll want to have this book and the one below. This book also contains information about state holidays, license plates, sports teams, universities and other trivia.

State Names, Flags, Seals, Songs, Birds, Flowers, and Other Symbols, by George Earlie Shankle. 522 pages. Reprint Services Corp; Revised edition (June 1971) Reprint of the 1938 revised edition. The first comprehensive book about our state symbols! From the preface: "This book grew out of the desire of its author to know, about his native state, a great many facts which he found exceedingly difficult to obtain. After three years of research in the Library of Congress, he is able to give to the public this storehouse of information, which could have been gathered from not library less fertile in source material..."

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