Your ONE Resource About Nevada
By Staff of Nevada Humanities
The Online Nevada Encyclopedia (ONE) is a free and easy-to-use multimedia educational resource that enables anyone, anywhere with online access to learn more about our Silver State. The ONE is widely used by Nevada educators in K‐12 classrooms and parents to bring Nevada’s history and culture to young people, as well as by the general public. ONE's scholarly, peer-reviewed articles have something of interest for all age groups, making it a convenient, online resource to supplement your homeschooling needs or dig deeper into all things Nevada.
Discover fun facts about Nevada to share with your friends and family:
Did you know…
Nevada’s amazing Pinyon-Juniper Woodlands, which appear as tree-covered hill slopes on distant mountain ranges, comprise 13% of Nevada’s land area?
Photo/Peter Weisberg.
Nevada has many forms of ecological islands across the state?
Photo/Jan Nachlinger.
Big Sagebrush is the state flower of Nevada?
Photo/Peter Weisberg.
Take a look at our interactive 4th Street/Prater Way Module, and explore the historic route of the Lincoln Highway and U.S. 40 in Reno and Sparks through stories, images, and voices.
Image/Special Collections, University of Nevada, Reno Libraries.
The Virginia and Truckee Railroad is one of the most famous short lines in American history. It was incorporated on March 5, 1868 by the "Bank Crowd" to serve the mines of the Comstock.
Photo/Scott Schrantz.
Alice Key made contributions to Nevada as a journalist, community activist, and political leader. She was the co-host of the first all-Black television talk show in Las Vegas and was active in fighting for civil rights in Nevada.
Native American artist Gilbert Natches, whose panoramic oil paintings of the Pyramid Lake region were realized with a limited palette and uncomplicated compositions, painted Nevada landscapes between 1910 and 1940. Many of his paintings show the dwellings and lifeways of his Paiute relatives and neighbors on the Nixon Reservation.
Artwork/Special Collections Department, University of Nevada, Reno Libraries. Gilbert Natches painting, Pyramid Lake, circa 1915.
Check out the ONE at onlinenevada.org, and watch our Nevada Humanities Facebook page every Wednesday for ONE Wednesdays when Nevada Humanities showcases a selection of Nevada culture from the ONE. The Online Nevada Encyclopedia (ONE) is a multimedia educational resource produced by Nevada Humanities, a nonprofit organization that connects and transforms communities by sharing and amplifying the stories, ideas, experiences, and traditions of the diverse people of Nevada.