U.S. states similar to or like Nevada

State in the Mountain West region of the United States. Bordered by Colorado to the east, Wyoming to the northeast, Idaho to the north, Arizona to the south and Nevada to the west. Wikipedia

State in the Pacific Coast region of the United States. Most populous U.S. state and the third-largest by area, as well as the world's thirty-fourth-most-populous subnational entity. Wikipedia

Chronologically ordered list of events significant to the development of the American West as a region of the United States. The term "American Old West" refers to a vast geographical area and lengthy time period of imprecise boundaries, and historians' definitions vary. Wikipedia

Nevada became the 36th state on October 31, 1864, after telegraphing the Constitution of Nevada to the Congress days before the November 8 presidential election (the largest and costliest transmission ever by telegraph). Rushed to help ensure three electoral votes for Abraham Lincoln's reelection and add to the Republican congressional majorities. Wikipedia

The Mountain States (also known as the Mountain West or the Interior West) form one of the nine geographic divisions of the United States that are officially recognized by the United States Census Bureau. Subregion of the Western United States. Wikipedia

State in the Mountain West region of the United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains. Wikipedia