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Session I

Session I. Early Nevada. Early Nevada. Nevada is a story of struggle between different people and between people and their environment Heritage Race Land Water Weather. Early Nevada. Nevada is about 110,000 square miles in size Federal government owns most of it (87%)

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Session I

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  1. Session I Early Nevada

  2. Early Nevada • Nevada is a story of struggle between different people and between people and their environment • Heritage • Race • Land • Water • Weather

  3. Early Nevada • Nevada is about 110,000 square miles in size • Federal government owns most of it (87%) • Roughly half the size of the country of Spain • Nevada’s history dates back some 11,000 years • How did early civilization get to what is now Nevada?

  4. Early Nevada • Nevada is in an area called the Great Basin • Water from all land located in the Great Basin drains into the Colorado River • great basin.gif • Nevada was once an inland see • fossil records all over the state, including Las Vegas • mesozoic_inland_sea.jpg

  5. Early Nevada • Rivers also played an important role in Nevada • Truckee River – Reno – source of water for Lake Tahoe and Pyramid Lake • Carson River – site of the first settlements in Nevada • Walker River – gave economic life to vast and largely uninhabitable regions of Nevada • Humboldt River – a north/south river for travel and commerce

  6. Early Nevada • Tule Springs – just of US Highway 95 in Las Vegas on the way to Mt. Charleston • Fossil records found there from early Indian inhabitants dating back 15,000 years • Tools, pottery, clovis points (stone darts used for hunting)

  7. Early Nevada • Anasazi Indians were the first inhabitants that we know about in what is now known as Nevada • Pueblo Dwellers – existed as far back as the Roman Empire 300BC – 1100AD • They hunted, planted, gathered food, • Overton Nevada – Lost City Museum depicts these early Nevada settlers

  8. Early Nevada • Many early Nevada dwellers left their mark with rock art that we can still see today • rock12 petroglyph.jpg • rock_art_1_600.jpg • pictorgraph.jpg • pictograph.jpg • petroglyph2.bmp • las-vegas-red-rock-pictographs.jpg • hell-dive-pictograph.jpg • babylon_rock_petroglyph.jpg

  9. Europeans In Nevada • Spaniards were the first Europeans to penetrate modern day Nevada (think of them as early space travelers) • Came up from Mexico around the 1500’s about the same time the English were exploring and settling on the East Coast of the US • What does Nevada mean in Spanish? • Why Spanish and English as opposed to other Europeans (French, Portuguese, etc)? • Line of Demarcation • line of demarcation.jpg

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  11. Europeans In Nevada • There were frequent, violent clashed between Spanish settlers and the Indians • Can you relate this violence to modern day? • Fur was the main economic resource in the Great Basin area for the Europeans • The British explored Northern Nevada initially for economic gain • Fur Trapping was a huge industry

  12. Europeans In Nevada • Early British explorers and trappers: • Kit Carson • Peter Ogden • Benjamin Bonneville • John C. Fremont • Do these names sound familiar here in Las Vegas? Why?

  13. Massive Westward Migration • 1600 – 1800, Europeans other than the Spanish hung out mostly on the east coast of the US • Beginning around 1800, slowly made their way west crossing: • Appalachian Mountains • The Mississippi River • Hostile Indians • Rocky Mountains • The Dry Desert Southwest • Finally reaching the Pacific Ocean @ 1840 • general westward migration3.5min .asx

  14. Massive Westward Migration • Reports of rich, abundant, fertile land in California drew the most settlers • But wasn’t present day California originally owned by the Mexicans? • mexican war.asx (16 min) • mexican cessation map.jpg

  15. Famous & Important Settler Parties • Bartleson-Bidwell Party 1841 • Proved to everyone back East that the trip could successfully be made • Did run into difficulties, having at times to eat their own animals and ration water • No one died but it did take 6 months to get from St. Louis to California • This party traveled through modern day Northern Nevada

  16. Famous & Important Settler Parties • Rowland-Workman Party 1841 • Followed the “Old Spanish Trail” to California (roughly the route of I-15) through present day Las Vegas • Improved on the Bartleson Party time by 45 days…….only took 4 ½ months to arrive in California from St. Louis

  17. Famous & Important Settler Parties • Donner Party 1846 • Got caught in a snowstorm in Northern Nevada • Had to eat dogs, shoe leather, and the remains of their friends who had died because of the weather • Because of the disaster of this expedition, it put a damper on westward travel for a time • In a few short years however, with the discovery of gold in California in 1849, westward migration resumed again with great interest

  18. Gold • The discovery of gold changed the Great Basin area forever • gold rush.asx (25 min)

  19. Writing Assignment • Between pages 27 and 32, you will find descriptions of five Native American Indian tribes that inhabited what is now Nevada. • Select one of the tribes and write the following: • A summary about the tribe • Customs, habits, etc. • What geographic location in Nevada they were believed to inhabit • Note any interactions with white settlers • About 200 words total

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