Nevada is organized as a United States…
March 1861 CE
Prior to the creation of the Nevada Territory, the area was part of western Utah Territory and was known as Washoe, after the native Washoe people.
The separation of the territory from Utah is important to the federal government because of its political leanings, while the population itself is keen to be separated because of animosity (and sometimes violence) between non-Mormons in Nevada and Mormons from the rest of the Utah Territory.