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Symbol Year Images Flag: State seal on a blue background 1929 Motto: All for our country: 1886 Nicknames: Silver State, Battle Born State, Sagebrush State n/a Seal: The Seal of Nevada: 1886 Song: Home Means Nevada: 1933 Steam locomotive: Nevada Northern Railway #40 2009
Pages in category "Symbols of Nevada" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
A state mammal is the official mammal of a U.S. state as designated by a state's legislature. The first column of the table is for those denoted as the state mammal, and the second shows the state marine mammals.
They spend a full chapter each on state birds, trees and flowers; within those chapters, they take about a half page to describe the campaign to establish each state's specific symbol. [89] Reptiles, on the other hand, are shown only in list format in a chapter titled "Miscellaneous", where the other non-bird animals (and many non-animals) are ...
The first flag of Nevada was created by Governor John Sparks and Colonel Harry Day in 1905. It was based strongly on Nevada's natural resources of gold and silver. The blue of the flag was to be the same as the blue on the flag of the United States. [2] The second flag of Nevada was designed by Miss Clara Crisler in 1915.
U.S. states, districts, and territories have representative symbols that are recognized by their state legislatures, territorial legislatures, or tradition.Some, such as flags, seals, and birds have been created or chosen by all U.S. polities, while others, such as state crustaceans, state mushrooms, and state toys have been chosen by only a few.
Nevada: Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata: 1967 [40] New Hampshire: Purple lilac (state flower) Syringa vulgaris: 1919 [41] Pink lady's slipper (state wildflower) Cypripedium acaule: 1991 [41] New Jersey: Violet: Viola sororia: 1971 [42] [43] New Mexico: Yucca flower: Yucca: 1927 [44] New York: Rose: Rosa: 1955 [45] North Carolina: Flowering ...
Nevada: Vivid dancer damselfly: Argia vivida: 2009 [35] New Hampshire: 7-spotted ladybug (state insect) Coccinella septempunctata: 1977 [36] Karner blue butterfly (state butterfly) Plebejus melissa samuelis: 1992 [36] New Jersey: European honey bee (state bug) Apis mellifera: 1974 [37] Black swallowtail (state butterfly) Papilio polyxenes: 2014 ...