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| | Nevada: History |
 | | Joseph Walker in 1833–34 followed the Humboldt R. and crossed the Sierra Nevada to California. |
 | | The state continued to be dependent on its precious ores, and its fate was affected by new strikes such as the “big bonanza” (1873), which enriched the silver kings, J. Mackay and J. Fair, and the discoveries of silver deposits at Tonopah (1900), of copper at Ely, and of gold at Goldfield (1902). |
 | | By far the fastest-growing U.S. state, Nevada is increasingly home to retirees and to workers in new, especially technological, industries. |
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