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In 2025 the BLM issued up to 10 free tree permits per person, but no pinyon cutting in the Pine Nut Mountains.

At the height of the Big Bonanza in 1873, the Virginia & Truckee ran up to 40 trains a day on a single track.

Built in 1875, the Inyo steam locomotive appeared in 29 Hollywood films including The Wild Wild West.

Miners in Berlin used fossilized ichthyosaur vertebrae as dinner plates before excavations began in 1954.

In 1997, Thrust SSC reached 763.035 mph on the Black Rock playa, becoming the first car to break the sound barrier.

Prometheus contained 4,862 growth rings and was estimated to be 4,900 years old when cut down in 1964.

Mines on the Comstock Lode extracted nearly 7 million tons of ore, yielding roughly $700 million in modern profits.

Fewer than 200 people arrived in Rachel in 2019 after over 2 million RSVPs to storm Area 51.

Lake Tahoe reaches a maximum depth of 1,645 feet, deep enough to sit 100 feet lower than Carson City.

Life magazine dubbed Highway 50 the Loneliest Road in 1986, warning drivers to carry cold-weather gear.

Samuel Clemens worked for the Territorial Enterprise for just 22 months before fleeing a duel in May 1864.

The 1864 telegram carrying Nevada's constitution cost $4,303.27, freezing military war wires for over five hours.

Pluvial Lake Lahontan reached 281 meters deep in the Pyramid Lake basin before shrinking to modern levels.

More than 30,000 divorces were granted at the Washoe County Courthouse during the 1930s alone.

Tom Kelly built a house in Rhyolite in 1906 using 50,000 beer and liquor bottles.

Valley of Fire became Nevada's first state park after a land transfer of 8,760 acres of federal land in 1931.

Nevada holds 83 wild horse and burro herd management areas covering 15.6 million federal acres.