Across
- 3. Desert bird that inspired both poetry and state symbolism.
- 6. Nevada’s enduring moniker born from lode and legend.
- 9. Both flora and metaphor — and the name of Nevada’s first literary movement.
- 10. Mining town famed for its ghostly glow and Jim Butler’s discovery.
- 11. Sacred waters of the Numu (Paiute) people.
- 15. Monument to modern engineering and Depression-era ambition.
- 16. Eastern outpost between the mountains and the myth.
- 17. The legendary lode that birthed boomtowns and bankruptcies.
- 18. From the Spanish word for “snow-covered.”
Down
- 1. Where Mark Twain cut his literary teeth at The Territorial Enterprise.
- 2. A phrase forged from Civil War-era statehood.
- 4. The capital where policy meets high desert air.
- 5. The vast inland region with no outlet to the sea.
- 7. Granted on October 31, 1864 — a Civil War telegram rushed by Morse code.
- 8. Desert home to Joshua trees and mirage-making light.
- 12. Sandstone cathedral of the Mojave, carved by wind and time.
- 13. The laborers who carved wealth — and inequity — from stone.
- 14. “The Biggest Little City,” once the nation’s divorce capital.