LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- Nevada Day is being observed on its actual birthday of October 31 this year, making Friday a state holiday. It won't happen again until 2031.

All state, county, and city offices are closed, as well as schools, to observe the day, Oct. 31, 1864, when Nevada was admitted to the union, becoming the 36th state. Because it was admitted during the Civil War, it had the motto "Battle Born."

With so many newcomers arriving in Nevada in recent years, 8NewsNow.com decided to put together Silver State facts and trivia. • Nevada's nickname, "The Silver State," is because of the 1859 discovery of the richest silver deposit in American history, which brought thousands of miners to Virginia City. • Nevada has the highest percentage of federally owned land in the U.S., approximat

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