NEVADA 



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NEVADA 



1910 

 1900 

 1890 

 I860 

 1870 

 I860 



.74 



.386 

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 .56 



N E VAD A 



-.387 



.06 



Inhabitants 



per Square Mile 



(less than One Person) 



by Decades 



* 

 1900 



I860 



1890* 



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Center of Population 



Areas 

 under 

 Irrigation 

 (in black) 



Truckee-Carson Dam 



State University 



manufactured products is more than $16,000,000. 

 The smelting of ores, car repairing and the 

 milling of flour and lumber are the chief indus- 

 tries. 



Transportation. Nevada's industrial growth 

 has always been hampered by the lack of trans- 

 portation facilities. Until 1869, when the trans- 

 continental railroad was completed, the only 

 way of carrying the products of the mines 

 across the desert was by wagon-train. An un- 

 successful attempt was made to domesticate 



the camel for this purpose. The northern part 

 of the state is now traversed by two great con- 

 tinental systems, the Central Pacific line of the 

 Southern Pacific Company, and the Western 

 Pacific, and several lines extend through the 

 southern section, the most important of which 

 are the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake 

 and the Las Vegas & Tonopah railroads. In 

 1914 there were 2,412 miles of railroad within 

 the state. There is practically no water trans- 

 portation in Nevada. 



Government and History 



Nevada has had but one state constitution, 

 adopted in 1864. Amendments may be pro- 

 posed by either the senate or the assembly, and 

 after being passed by a majority in both houses 

 and in those of two succeeding legislatures they 

 are submitted to the people; if approved by a 

 majority of voters they become part of the 

 constitution. .The state adopted woman suf- 

 frage in 1914, hence all citizens, male and fe- 

 male, over twenty-one years of age, residing in 

 the state six months previous to elections, are 

 entitled to vote. Being "battle-born," that is, 



coming into the Union during the War of Seces- 

 sion, Nevada has a peculiar law allowing its 

 soldiers and sailors the right to vote; no mat- 

 ter where they are located, they may comply 

 with a formula and mail their votes home. 



The legislative body consists of a senate and 

 assembly, meeting biennially on the third Mon- 

 day in January. Senators are elected for four 

 years and members of the assembly for two 

 years. The total number of members in both 

 houses is not to exceed seventy-five, the senate 

 having not less than one-third or more than 



