Consult: Angel, History of Nevada (Oakland, 1881); Bancroft, Nevada, Colorado, and Wyoming (San Francisco, 1890); Nevada and Her Resources (Carson City, 1894).
NEVADA. A city and the county-seat of Story County, Iowa, 32 miles north by east of Des Moines; on the Chicago and Northwestern and other railroads (Map: Iowa, D 3). It is the centre of a farming and cattle-raising district, and has a large cold storage plant for butter and eggs, and some manufactures, the chief products being tile and flour. There is a public library of 5000 volumes. Population, in 1890, 1662; in 1900, 2472.
NEVADA. A city and the county-seat of Vernon County, Mo., 100 miles south of Kansas City; on the Missouri Pacific and the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroads (Map: Missouri, B 4) . It has a Roman Catholic convent school, and is the seat of a State lunatic asylum and of Cottey College for Young Ladies (Methodist Episcopal, South), opened in 1884. A prominent feature of the city is Lake Park, named from a beautiful lake within the municipal limits. Nevada controls considerable trade in the products of the agricultural and stock-raising district of which it is the centre, and has large zinc smelters, a foundry and iron works, and saw, planing, flour, and feed mills. Nevada became the county-seat in 1858, and was incorporated in 1870. It is governed, under a charter of 1880, by a mayor, elected every two years, and a unicameral council. Population, in 1890, 7262; in 1900, 7461.
NEVADA, Emma (Emma Wixom) (1861—). An American dramatic soprano, born in Austin, Nev. She studied under Marchesi in Vienna and afterwards in Italy. She first appeared in opera in London (1880) with Marie Van Zandt and subsequently sustained leading parts in Triest, Pesth, Prague, Milan, Rome, Naples, and Paris, making her first professional tour of the United States in 1884-85. She had a wide repertoire, but perhaps her most successful rôle was Mignon, which part she sang for an entire year in Paris.
NEVADA CITY. A town and the county-seat of Nevada County, Cal., 166 miles northeast of San Francisco; the terminus of the Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad (Map: California, C 2). It is a popular health and summer resort, being esteemed for its equable climate and for its fine site, at an elevation of 2500 feet in a mountainous region. There are valuable gold mines near by, which supply the city's quartz mills. The leading occupations are mining, the cultivation of fruit and vines, and wine-making. Under a charter of 1885, the government is vested in a president and board of trustees elected on a general ticket. The town owns and operates the water-works. Nevada City was first settled in 1849, and in 1850-51 was the most important milling town in the State. It was incorporated in 1875. Disastrous fires occurred in 1851, 1856, 1858, and 1863. Population, in 1890, 2524; in 1900, 3250.
NEVADA STATE UNIVERSITY. The head of the educational system of the State of Nevada and the only institution of collegiate grade within the State. It was founded at Elko in 1873 and was removed to Reno in 1885 and formally reopened in 1886. The university comprises the college of agriculture, including departments of dairying and domestic arts and sciences, the college of arts and science, the college of applied science, with departments of mining and metallurgy and mechanical and civil engineering, a normal department, and the University High School. Military instruction forms part of the curriculum and a uniform is worn by the students. The degrees conferred are those of B.A., B.S., M.A., M.S., and mining, mechanical, and civil engineer. In 1902 the faculty numbered 18 and the attendance was 310, including 90 preparatory students. The library contained 4000 volumes. The university campus covers about 40 acres and with its buildings was valued at $200,000. The value of the college property was $225,000, and the income $62,000.
NEVERS, ne-vār′. The capital of the Department of Nièvre, France, and formerly of the Province of Nivernais, situated on a hill in the midst of fertile plains at the confluence of the Loire and the Nièvre, 140 miles southeast of Paris (Map: France, K 5). It is an important railway junction. The old portion of the town is ill-built, with narrow, crooked streets, but the modern portion has wide streets and a fine park. A gateway containing a Gallo-Roman museum, and two towers, are preserved remains of the mediæval fortifications. The feudal ducal castle is utilized for the Palace of Justice and also contains a museum. The chief ecclesiastical buildings are the Romanesque eleventh century Church of Saint Etienne, and the recently restored Cathedral of Saint Cyr, built in the thirteenth century on the site of a prior church, the west portion of which is incorporated in the present building; the cathedral is noted for its double apse and fine sculptures and paintings. The town possesses a public library, and numerous educational, scientific, and benevolent institutions. It has manufactures of iron and copper ware, chemicals, porcelain and cloth, an engine-fitting factory, formerly a famous naval cannon foundry, and oil mills. Nevers is the ancient Noviodunum, an important town of the Ædui. It has been an episcopal see since the sixth century, when it was called Nivernum. The town became the seat of the counts of Nevers in the tenth century and was created a dukedom by Francis I. in 1538. The dukedom of Nevers passed by marriage to a member of the family of Gonzaga, the ducal house of Mantua. On the extinction of the Gonzaga line in Mantua in 1627, Charles, Duke of Nevers, claimed the duchy. He was supported by France, and opposed by Spain and Austria. The War of the Mantuan Succession which ensued ended in the recognition of the claim of Charles of Nevers in 1630. The population of Nevers in 1900 was 27,673.
NEVERSINK HIGHLANDS. A range of hills in New Jersey. See Navesink Highlands.
NEVIANSKII-ZAVOD, nĕv-yän′skḗ zȧ-vṓd′. A mining settlement in the Government of Perm, Russia, situated on the Neiva, in the Ural Mountains, 62 miles north of Ekaterinburg (Map: Russia, K 3). It is the centre of an important mining district and contains extensive iron works, steel mills, and gold washeries. The settlement was founded in 1699. Population, in 1897, 16,066.
NEV′ILLE, Richard, Earl of Warwick. An English political leader known as the ‘king-
