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Nevada 150 celebrates statehood with events through july. The city of reno and the reno aces cohost the biggest little birthday reno 150 celebration at greater nevada field. The reno gazettejournal organized the book club to celebrate the 150th anniversary of nevada statehood on oct. Reno 150 sesquicentennial birthday celebration, nevada, nv. Nevada state railroad boulder city the nevada southern. Nevada s largest literary festival, the vegas valley book festival, now in its thirteenth year, is a celebration of the written, spoken, and illustrated word. In october, nevada will celebrate 150 years of statehood.
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