US - Nevada

Adopted as the Nevada State tartan on the 14th March 2001. Designed by California born Rick Zygmunt Pawlowski ('Ziggy') and officially adopted by the state in March 2001. The blue and silver represent Nevada's state colours. Red is for the Virgin Valley black fire opal and the red rock formations of southern Nevada; yellow is for the sagebrush, the state flower; white is for the name of the state - Nevada is Spanish and means snowy or snow clad, a reference to the US Sierra Nevada mountain range that runs down the eastern border of California, overlooking Nevada. Other symbolic references are detailed in the US Senate Bill No. 347. Design input also from Alistair Buchan and Leah Robertson, Lochcarron of Scotland.