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Nevada Yesterdays

Published December 29, 2008 at 5:00 AM PST

During the Civil War, a Kentucky-born president had a big hand in Nevada's statehood, but he wasn't President of the United States. Former Senator Richard Bryan tells us about President Jefferson Davis and his Camel Corps. Click here for more resources.

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