Online Nevada Encyclopedia

The Online Nevada Encyclopedia (ONE) is the primary online resource about Nevada history and contemporary culture. This non-commercial, peer-reviewed, multimedia educational resource is produced by Nevada Humanities and features articles, images, links to additional resources, and interactive media that explore the landscape, people, and events that have shaped the Silver State’s politics, economy, and culture. The ONE is widely used by teachers in K - 12 classrooms to share Nevada’s diverse history with young people, as well as with the general public. More than 250,000 people consult the ONE each year. Visit the ONE at onlinenevada.org.

Nevada is a state developed by mining, ranching, and tourism industries, with a casino history that includes major mafia figures, but it is also - and was firstly - a place of rich Indigenous development and heritage. Nevada is home to a tradition of significant religious settlements, a place where Samuel Clemens acquired his nom de plume “Mark Twain,” and where major civil rights battles have been fought. It is a state with natural pyramids and otherworldly vistas, and where visitors can see one of the few living links to the Ice Age in the local species of pronghorn.

The ONE offers its audience the opportunity to investigate these topics through a variety of mediums—articles, stories, videos, poetry, online galleries, 360-degree panoramas, audio, primary resources, and more.

Visit the ONE at onlinenevada.org.