- Alternate Nicknames
- Beef State
- Treeplanter State
- Capital: Lincoln
- Major Cities
- Omaha
- Grand Island
- North Platte
- Major Geographic Features
- Missouri River
- Platte River
- The North and South Platte Rivers converge in Nebraska to form the Platte River
- Badlands
- Sand Hills
- Great Plains
- Nebraska is not home to any national parks
- 1803: The United States gains control of present-day Nebraska with the Louisiana Purchase
- 1854: The Kansas-Nebraska Act provides the format of governing the Nebraska Territory through popular sovereignty
- 1865: The Transcontinental Railroad passes through Omaha
- 1867: Nebraska becomes the 37th state
- Nebraska is the only state with a unicameral legislature
- Nebraska has one house of representatives and no state senate
- Motto: "Equality before Law"
- Official Drink: Kool-Aid
- 1927: Kool-Aid was created in Hastings, Nebraska
- Name Origin
- Oto Indian language for "Flat water"
- Hebron, Nebraska is home to the world's largest porch swing
- 95% of the state is farms and ranches
- More than 33% of the state's population lives in Omaha and Lincoln
- Famous People
- Gerald Ford
- Malcolm X
- Buffalo Bill
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