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The name Nebraska is from an Oto Indian word that means "flat water" (referring to the Platte River, which means "flat river" in French)
Nebraska's official flag was adopted in 1925. The flag has a deep blue field with the state seal in the center, pictured in gold (yellow) and silver. The state seal, designed in 1867 by Isaac Wiles (a member of the House of Representatives), pictures a blacksmith hammering on an anvil, a settler's cabin, sheaths of wheat, a steamboat on a river, and the transcontinental railroad, with mountains in the background. The state motto, "Equality Before the Law," is on a banner above the landscape. The date of Nebraska's admission to the union, March 1, 1867, is listed below the seal.
10 Largest cities in Nebraska (2003): Omaha, 404,267; Lincoln, 235,594; Bellevue, 46,734; Grand Island, 43,771; Kearney, 28,211; Fremont, 25,198; Norfolk, 24,061; North Platte, 23,924; Hastings, 23,536; Columbus, 20,880
Number of counties in Nebraska : 93
Largest county in Nebraska by population: Douglas, 482,112 (2004)
Largest county in Nebraska by area: Cherry, 5,961 sq mi.
Nebraska State Parks: 87
Nebraska Land Area: 77,354 sq mi. (200,346 sq km) (16th)
Nebraska Geographic Center: In Custer Co., 10 mi. NW of Broken Bow
Nebraska Population: (2004 est) 1,747,214 (#38)
French fur traders first visited Nebraska in the late 1600s. Part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, eastern Nebraska was explored by Lewis and Clark in 1804?1806. A few years later, Robert Stuart pioneered the Oregon Trail across Nebraska in 1812?1813, and the first permanent white settlement was established at Bellevue in 1823.
Western Nebraska was acquired by treaty following the Mexican War in 1848. The Union Pacific began its transcontinental railroad at Omaha in 1865. In 1937, Nebraska became the only state in the Union to have a unicameral (one-house) legislature. Members are elected to it without party designation.
Among the principal attractions are Agate Fossil Beds, Homestead, and
Scotts Bluff National Monuments; Chimney Rock National Historic Site; a
recreated pioneer village at Minden; SAC Museum near Ashland; the Stuhr
Museum of the Prairie Pioneer Grand Island; Boys Town; the Sheldon
Memorial Art Gallery and the Lied Center for the Performing Arts at the
University of Nebraska in Lincoln; the State Capitol in Lincoln; the
Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha; the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha; Museum of
Nebraska Art in Kearney; Museum of Nebraska History in Lincoln; and the
University of Nebraska State Museum in Lincoln.
Nebraska Agriculture: Sorghum, corn, wheat. More varieties of grass, valuable for forage, grow in this state than in any other in the nation. Cattle and hogs.
Nebraska Industry: Manufacturing has become diversified: Electronic
components, auto accessories, pharmaceuticals,, mobile homes, clothing,
farm machinery, chemicals, and transportation equipment. Oil was
discovered in 1939 and natural gas in 1949.
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