Talk:History of Nevada

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I'm worried that this page seems heavily biased. For example, the following sentences do not in the slightest bit read like an encyclopedia:

Before 1858 small Mormon settlements along the Utah border sustained their communities through faith, but the secular western section stumbled along until the great silver strikes beginning in 1858 created boom towns and fabulous fortunes.

After the beginning of the 20th century, profits declined while Progressive reformers sought to curb rampaging capitalism and its attendant miseries.

They imagined a civilized Nevada of universities, lofty idealism, and social reform. But an economic bust during the 1910s and disillusionment from failures at social reform and a population decline of nearly one-fourth meant that by 1920 Nevada had degenerated into a "beautiful desert of buried hopes."

Also, the word "Gentile" is not really a mainstream term to describe non-Mormons. It should be replaced with "non-Mormon" or something similarly neutral. Sladuuch (talk) 22:56, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

@Sladuuch: Agreed. I've added an NPOV tag. ElizabethAGreene (talk) 20:42, 11 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]