Nevada Territory (1861)

GPTKB entity

Statements (55)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:region
gptkbp:area 112,093 square miles
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Carson_City
gptkbp:cultural_impact gptkb:Silver_Rush
gptkb:item
Western expansion
gptkbp:demographics gptkb:Native_American_tribe
Predominantly white
Chinese immigrants
African American population
gptkbp:dissolved 1864
gptkbp:economy gptkb:noble_title
gptkb:public_transportation_system
Mining
gptkbp:established gptkb:legislation
1861
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Territorial_flag_of_Nevada
gptkbp:geographical_feature gptkb:Sierra_Nevada
gptkb:Great_Basin
gptkbp:governed_by gptkb:James_W._Nye
gptkbp:government_type gptkb:municipality
gptkbp:historical_documentation gptkb:Organic_Act_of_1861
gptkb:Nevada_Constitution
Territorial laws
gptkbp:historical_event gptkb:Battle_of_Pyramid_Lake
Civil War impact
Formation of Nevada Territory
gptkbp:historical_significance Silver mining boom
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Nevada Territory (1861)
gptkbp:is_adjacent_to gptkb:California
gptkb:Utah
gptkb:Arizona_Territory
gptkbp:language gptkb:Spanish
English
gptkbp:legal_issue 1864
gptkbp:legislation 1861
gptkbp:location Western United States
gptkbp:major_city gptkb:Carson_City
gptkb:Virginia_City
gptkb:Reno
Elko
gptkbp:motto All for Our Country
gptkbp:notable_figures gptkb:James_W._Nye
gptkb:John_S._Jones
gptkb:John_C._Frémont
gptkb:William_M._Stewart
George W. Cassidy
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:population 40,000 (approx. 1861)
gptkbp:postal_code NV
gptkbp:preceded_by gptkb:Utah_Territory
gptkbp:succeeded_by gptkb:State_of_Nevada
gptkbp:time_zone Pacific Time Zone
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Nevada
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4