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Nevada became the 36th state on October 31, 1864, while the Civil War was still being fought. President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed its admission under authority granted by Congress. That wartime beginning explains the words “Battle Born” on the Nevada flag. Yet Nevada's history reaches far beyond one proclamation, one mining discovery, or the bright lights of Las Vegas. It includes Native homelands, overland migration, hard-won livelihoods, constitutional arguments, military service, …