The Roar And The Silence: A History Of Virginia City And The Comstock Lode,īy Ronald M James. Silver and blue became the official state colors when Governor Richard Bryan signed Assembly Bill No. It was approved in the Assembly and the Senate in a week's time and signed into law six days later. There doesn't appear to have been any dissent concerning this bill. Perhaps all of the Nevada legislators shared Mr. Bogaert was thinking, his words express an utter disbelief that the matter of state colors had been neglected for so long. Though we can't know at this date what Mr. ("Minutes of the Nevada State Legislature" 1) You have entered the State of Nevada and you have picked up a map or gone through a Visitor's Center and you find out that after 118 years the State of Nevada cannot decide that silver and blue are their official colors. I would like you to take the view of a tourist. You might also notice that on the State map, they list various things and again I find they don't have the colors. For some reason or another we still do not have the colors silver and blue as the official State colors of Nevada even though we know those are the official State colors. It wasn't too long ago that the bird wasn't official. You will notice all of the things that are official in the State of Nevada. His testimony is logged in the Minutes of the Nevada State Legislature. On May 16, 1983, Assemblyman Bogaert offered testimony in the Committee. The bill was referred to the Assembly Committee on Government Affairs. 666 was brought to the Legislature, and read for the first time on May 13, 1983, by Assemblyman Bruce Bogaert. Mining plays a prominent role in the design of the state seal.īlue reflects the cobalt blue of Nevada's flag and the official state bird, the mountain bluebird.Īssembly Bill No. Silver is the color of the star on the state flag. Geological Survey, in 2006, Nevada ranked second, behind only Alaska, in the production of silver. In the early 1980s, Nevada license plates began to display one of the state's most prominent nicknames, " The Silver State." According to the U.S. In 1999, Nevada produced 30% of the nation's silver. When Nevada gained statehood in 1864, silver was the primary metal being mined. The mineral, silver, has played a major role in the state's economy since the discovery of the famous Comstock Lode in 1858. Before and since its entry into the Union in 1864, the colors silver and blue have been associated with Nevada.
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