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$45,000 Gorgeous 40 Acre Ranchette (Pershing County, Nevada)
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There are few people anywhere who have not heard of Las Vegas, Nevada. This city has a worldwide reputation, evident in its many colorful nicknames: Sin City, Capital of Second Chances, Entertainment Capital of the World, Gambling Capital of the World and Marriage Capital of the World. Hundreds of millions of visitors visit Las Vegas every year, taking in the luxury and allure of world-class hotels, dining, nightlife, shopping and scenic wonders. However, Nevada, the state in which Las Vegas resides, has much to offer beyond the flashing lights of its famous boomtown.
Nevada is the seventh-largest state in the nation, covering a land area of 177,712 square miles. It is the nation’s driest state, receiving only 9.5 inches each year, on average. Nevada’s terrain includes a large patch of uninhabitable desert, but the sagebrush and Joshua tree found in these areas are but a small part of the natural sights to see in Nevada. While Alaska boasts the highest individual peak in North America, Nevada can make the claim of the most mountainous state. It has 314 ranges and peaks, many at elevations that keep them covered in white snow all year. Nevada is named for the Sierra Nevada Mountain range, which literally translates to “snow-capped mountains” in Spanish.
Between the many mountain ranges, there are picturesque valleys, some of which are home to ranches used for farming livestock or raising crops. A number of salt flats dot the landscape of the central and eastern regions of the state. Fourteen percent of the land in Nevada is forested, and numerous rivers and lakes cut through the varied terrain. Despite the fact that the majority of the state has a population of less than one person per square mile, Nevada is home to more than 2,700,000 people. The majority of the cities are located in the cooler reaches of the mountains, except for Las Vegas, which is in the heart of the Mojave Desert.
Nevada’s official nickname, the “Silver State,” advertises the metal that literally ensured its admission as the 36th state in the union. The Comstock Lode was the first major discovery in the then U.S. territory, coming just 10 years after the discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mill in California.
An unofficial state nickname is the “Battle Born State.” Nevada became a state on October 31, 1864, during the Civil War. President Abraham Lincoln pushed for its official statehood, which ensured his reelection the following month and secured a Republican majority in Congress. Nevada’s current boundaries were drafted on May 5, 1866.
The federal government owns a whopping 84 percent of the state of Nevada — the most of any state in the nation. The government-owned lands are used for a variety of purposes, including munitions testing and nuclear waste disposal. The infamous “Area 51,” located just northeast of Las Vegas, is rumored to be the home of alien and UFO research facilities. Rumors of space aliens in government facilities aside, there are plenty of opportunities for investors to purchase large tracts of Nevada land. Nevada can be divided into three regions, based on the distinct climate, population density and industry in each. $45,000 OBO Photo's not of property.