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2 .3 M O L M T A IN S AND P L A IN S 1 8 4 5 -1 8 96

STATEHOOD - NEVADA COLORADO

P re s. L in co ln needed Senate vo tes to pass Em ancipation Amendment
3. 1) & fo rc e d th e ad m ission o& W e i t V i r g i n i a ( # 35 in 1863) & Nevada. In 1860 th e
p o p u la tio n Nevada was on ly 6,000 & in ad equ ate even though 1859
Comstock Lode S ilv e r d isc o v e ry was a ttr a c tin g an A ct
th a t Nevada became th e 36th S ta te by ' P r e s id e n tia l P ro cla m a tio n ’ on

dcdi GOLD HILL/ WEI/ 22 MAR 64.
GOLD HILL at South end o| Comitock Lode - tom on 20. FEB. 64.
P m e n t e d u p i i d e down to ihow itamp i

Colorado mas g iven th e nickname ’ C en te n n ia l S t a t e ’ because i t became th e 38th S ta te on
01.A U G .76; C a p ita l was D enver. As a m ountain s t a t e , g o ld , s i l v e r , le a d , copper & z in c a lt
c o n trib u ted to i t s w ea lth . P o p u la tio n 39,000 in 1870 & by 1890 i t had reached 413,000.

38Lft State 1876
’Centennial State’

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Blue tevdtohial c d i DEL NORTE/ COL, MAV.23 (DocfeeLIag 1876).
P0 opened in 1873. Negative 'D N1 cancel.

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