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98 unusual facts about Nebraska


Amidon, North Dakota

When the 2010 census reported its population as 20 it became the second-smallest incorporated county seat after Brewster, Nebraska, population 17.

Arapahoe, Nebraska

The Public Mirror is still in operation; in 1924, it absorbed the Holbrook Observer; in 1978, it acquired the Elwood Bulletin, which it continues to publish under that name.

Auburn, Nebraska

Calvert and Sheridan combined to form Auburn in 1882, in part to have the voting power to wrestle the county seat away from Brownville, Nebraska, a village located nine miles east.

Banana split

The banana split pie appears to have originated in the American Midwest, and to have been created by Janet Winquest, a 16 year-old resident of Holdrege, Nebraska, today still an isolated rural community that counted 5,500 residents during the 2010 census.

Becca Fitzpatrick

Raised in North Platte, Nebraska, she graduated in April 2001 from Brigham Young University with a degree in Community Health, and went to work as a secretary, teacher, and accountant at an alternative high school in Provo.

Beemer, Nebraska

The earliest settlers in Beemer Township included M. Brayrerton, George Graham, Joseph S. Emley, Robert Fehlmann, Dr. H.H. Howe, Howard Howe, James and Michael McNamara, Judge Newburn, the Rabe family, W.S. Schneald, William Sharp and two sons Martin and Silas, Casper Schifferns, David Simons, Wm.

Boeing Model 40

February 26, 1928: A Boeing Air Transport Model 40B (c/n 891, registration NC280) crashed near Marquette, Nebraska after the aircraft struck trees when flying low to avoid air turbulence; the passenger was killed, but the pilot survived.

Buck Naked and the Bare Bottom Boys

Buck Naked and the Bare Bottom Boys came out of the San Francisco Bay Area in the mid-1980s(originally from Omaha, Nebraska).

Cap Dierks

Merton L. "Cap" Dierks (born July 2, 1932 in O'Neill, Nebraska) is a Nebraska state senator from Ewing, Nebraska, United States, in the Nebraska Legislature.

Carol Hudkins

Carol Hudkins (born February 21, 1945) is a Nebraska state senator from Malcolm, Nebraska, United States, in the Nebraska Legislature and also a farmer and a medical transcriptionist.

Carroll Burling

Carroll Burling (born 1934) is a retired farmer and former Nebraska state senator in the Nebraska Legislature from Kenesaw, Nebraska.

Centura Public School

It was founded in 1967 and serves the communities of Cairo, Dannebrog, Boelus, and the surrounding areas.

Charles Henry Morrill

His exploration work helped Morrill to establish the location for what became Scottsbluff, Nebraska.

Children of the Corn: Revelation

A woman named Jamie (Claudette Mink) comes to Omaha, Nebraska after numerous phone calls to her grandmother have gone unanswered.

Chugwater, Wyoming

As late as the 1940s, Chugwater was a railroad stop at which cattle were loaded for shipment east to the Union Stockyards in Omaha, Nebraska.

Clontibret

After a promising Army career in the American Civil War he joined forces with the Fenians and later established an Irish colony in Nebraska where today the city of O'Neill, Nebraska stands as a memorial to his endeavours on behalf of the Irish communities in the United States of America.

Color Me a Rainbow

The show was produced by Shepherd & Associates in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Cozad High School

Cozad High School is a secondary school located in Cozad, Nebraska, USA and is part of Cozad Community Schools.

Cutler's Park

Historic Florence, Nebraska was built on its site, making use of what had been left when it was abandoned.

Dillard's

In 1988, Dillard's purchased the three-unit Miller & Paine chain in Lincoln, Nebraska, as well as more significantly, a half-interest and operational control of The Higbee Co., based in Cleveland, Ohio with partner Edward J. DeBartolo Corp.

Drake Witham

He also took third place in the Great American Comedy Festival in 2008 in Norfolk, Nebraska.

Duane Earl Pope

Duane Earl Pope (born 1943) is a convicted murderer serving a life sentence for one of the bloodiest bank robberies in modern times, the 1965 robbery of the Farmers State Bank in Big Springs, Nebraska.

Dwite Pedersen

He has worked with troubled youth for 35 years being a member of the Nebraska and National Associations of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors and a former Boys Town counselor and administrator.

Earle D. Chesney

Earle D. Chesney (born June 6, 1900 in Swanton, Nebraska; d. 1966) served with the Veterans Administration before joining the Eisenhower White House staff on March 4, 1954.

Edward Creighton

Edward Charles Creighton (August 31, 1820 – November 5, 1874) was a prominent pioneer businessman in early Omaha, Nebraska.

Elaine Stuhr

Elaine Stuhr (born 1936) is a Nebraska state senator from Bradshaw, Nebraska in the Nebraska Legislature and farmer.

She was also a former assistant instructor at University of Nebraska-Lincoln, teacher in Henderson, Nebraska and Hampton, Nebraska and member of Zion Lutheran Church in Hampton.

Emily Susan Rapp

Rapp was raised in Laramie, Wyoming; Kearney, Nebraska; and Denver, Colorado; by her father, a Lutheran pastor, and her mother, a school nurse.

Exeter-Milligan Public School

The girls basketball team completed a perfect 28-0 season in the 2003-04 high school season winning the Nebraska Class D1 State High School Championship defeating Elm Creek in the championship game 57-46.

Fairbury, Nebraska

The largest among these are Endicott Clay Products, producing brick and tile in nearby Endicott, with 200 employees; Prairie View Industries, producing stainless steel and aluminum handicap ramps and food service equipment, with 80 employees; Fairbury Food Products, with 54 employees; and Tetra Micronutrients, manufacturing micronutrients for use in fertilizer and animal feed, with 47 employees.

Fort McPherson National Cemetery

Fort McPherson was established in 1863 as an outpost to protect travellers along the Oregon and California Trails, and to keep the peace with the local Native Americans.

Fort Mitchell

Fort Mitchell, Nebraska an Army fort in service from 1864-1867 near present day, Scottsbluff, Nebraska

Fort Niobrara Wilderness

The Fort Niobrara Wilderness is located in the U.S. state of Nebraska, near Valentine.

Genoa, Nebraska

Genoa is home to Twin River Public Schools, formed by consolidating the school districts of three communities: Genoa, Monroe, and Silver Creek.

George H. Kelly House

Built in 1904 in the Neo-Classical Revival style, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, and designated a City of Omaha architectural landmark that same year.

George Jay Lapp

Born May 26, 1879 in Juniata, Nebraska, George Jay Lapp was one of Samuel W. and Sarah Gross Lapp's eight children.

George Miksch Sutton

George Miksch Sutton (May 16, 1898, Bethany, Nebraska – December 7, 1982) was an American ornithologist and bird artist.

Glenwood, Nebraska

Glenwood is located in southern Buffalo County, directly north of Kearney, the county seat.

Gordy

Gordy is a 1995 American family comedy-drama film about a piglet named Gordy who searches for his missing family (who are taken away to a slaughterhouse in Omaha).

Gothenburg High School

Gothenburg High School is a secondary school located in Gothenburg, Nebraska, USA.

Harry Buford House

The Harry Buford House is located at 1804 North 30th Street in North Omaha, Nebraska.

Reportedly, the location of the Buford House on the west side of 30th Street indicated the status of the Buford family in Omaha during a time of racial segregation.

Herman Churchill

In the fall of 1907, he accepted a position as head of the English Department at Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas until 1909 when he accepted a similar position at Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Iron Shell

When General Harney and his troops made a surprise attack in 1855 against the Brulé at present day Lewellen, Nebraska, Chief Iron Shell was there and fought against Harney's troops.

Jacobson v. United States

Among its other targets had been another middle-aged Nebraska farmer, Bob Brase, of Shelby.

Jake Hess

Later, when he registered with the draft board in Lincoln, Nebraska, he gave his name as "William Jesse Hess."

Jeff Raikes

Raikes grew up in Ashland, Nebraska, graduating from Ashland-Greenwood High School in 1976.

Jeri Southern

Born Genevieve Hering in Royal, Nebraska, Southern began playing piano at age three, and at age six started formal study in classical piano.

Jim D. Cudaback

He was born on April 12, 1938, in Riverdale, Nebraska and graduated from Riverdale High School.

Jocelyn Brando

Jocelyn and Marlon Brando and their sister Frances grew up mostly in the Midwest—in Omaha, Nebraska, Evanston and Libertyville, Illinois, though the family also spent time in California.

Kenneth S. Wherry

Wherry was born in Liberty, Nebraska, to David Emery and Jessie (née Comstock) Wherry.

KFXL-TV

The KWNB (Hayes Center) signal serves portions of the North Platte market, which puts KFXL in competition with that market's local Fox affiliate, K11TW, which is seen on a low-power analog signal and on a subcarrier of KNOP-TV.

KHAQ

Licensed to Maxwell, Nebraska, USA, the station is currently owned by Armada Media - Mccook, Inc and features programing from Waitt Radio Networks.

KJFT

KJFT-LP, a low-power radio station (93.7 FM) licensed to Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

Lawrence D. Miles

Lawrence Delos Miles (April 21, 1904 Harvard, Nebraska – August 1, 1985) was an American engineer, and the creator of Value engineering.

LeRoy J. Louden

LeRoy J. Louden (born October 12, 1936) is a Nebraska state senator from Ellsworth, Nebraska, United States.

Lisco State Aid Bridge

The Lisco State Aid Bridge is located on a county road over the North Platte River south of Lisco, Nebraska.

Louise Le Baron

As her career began to wind down Le Baron settled in Lincoln, Nebraska where she had always been well received and opened a voice school.

Mel Harder

Harder was born in Beemer, Nebraska, and graduated from Tech High School in North Omaha, Nebraska.

Midnight Surprise

Backing vocals were performed by regular collaborators Emmy The Great and members of Tilly And The Wall, as well as members of Son, Ambulance, and other musicians from Omaha, Nebraska, where the song was recorded with producer Mike Mogis.

Mineola, Iowa

The Palisades featured a variety of famous performers, including the Lloyd Hunter Orchestra of North Omaha, Nebraska, and Lawrence Welk, along with movies, bingo, and school programs with a saloon and lunchroom in front.

Neale Woods

Neale Woods is a nature preserve nearly 600 acres in size in North Omaha, Nebraska.

Nebraska Highway 57

The southern terminus of the southern segment of Nebraska Highway 57 is northeast of Leigh at Nebraska Highway 91, while its northern terminus is at U.S. Highway 275 north of Stanton.

Niobrara National Scenic River

The Niobrara National Scenic River is located in north-central Nebraska, United States, approximately 300 miles (480 km) northwest of Omaha.

North Platte National Wildlife Refuge

The main section of the refuge is located 8 miles (12.87 km) northwest of Scottsbluff, Nebraska.

Oakes Ames

The city of Ames, Iowa is named for Oakes, as is likely the community of Ames, Nebraska.

Odessa, Nebraska

It is part of the Kearney, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Omaha Flame

The Omaha Flame are an independent professional baseball team based in Omaha, Nebraska.

ParkZone

US-based hobby retail chain HobbyTown USA of Lincoln, Nebraska named ParkZone as its "2005 Hobby Company of the Year."

Patrick M. Stillman

Stillman is married to the former Lori L. von Minden of Allen, Nebraska.

Pine Ridge, Nebraska

Whiteclay, Nebraska, known to the U.S. Census Bureau as "Pine Ridge, Nebraska"

Plains Historical Society

The Plains Historical Society, PHS, is located at 816 East 3rd Street Kimball, Nebraska.

Ralph F. Beermann

After the war he partnered with his six brothers (the Beermann Brothers) in farming, alfalfa dehydrating and cattle raising in Dakota County, Nebraska.

Ray Janssen

Ray Janssen (born 1937) is a Nebraska state senator from Nickerson, Nebraska in the Nebraska Legislature and grocer.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Lincoln

On September 14, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI appointed James D. Conley as Bishop of Lincoln, Nebraska, succeeding Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz.

Salt Creek tiger beetle

Its historical range is believed to have included similar habitat in extreme southern Saunders County.

Sidney Black Hills Stage Road

The Sidney Black Hills Stage Road or Route was a trail connecting Sidney, Nebraska, Sidney Barracks, and the Union Pacific Railroad with Fort Robinson, Red Cloud Agency, Spotted Tail Agency, Custer City, Dakota Territory, and Deadwood, Dakota Territory between 1876 and 1887, when it was replaced

The trail went north from Sidney past Courthouse and Jail Rocks to present-day Bridgeport, Nebraska where it crossed the North Platte River via the Clarke Bridge to present-day Northport, Nebraska, Red Willow, Running Water (on the Niobrara River), Red Cloud Agency, and eventually on two separate branches; one to Deadwood and one via Four Mile to Custer City.

Slingshot

The middle 1950s saw two major innovations in slingshot manufacture, typified by the Wrist-Rocket Company of Columbus, Nebraska, later renamed Trumark.

Sonia Karlov

Lincoln, Nebraska Sunday Journal and Star, Theater Topics, June 19, 1938, Page 4.

Southern Power

Southern Power District: a publicly owned electric utility in south-central Nebraska

Stanley M. Truhlsen

Stanley M. Truhlsen (in full: Stanley Marshall Truhlsen, Sr., born November 13, 1920 in Herman, Nebraska) is an American ophthalmologist, university professor and philanthropist in Omaha who has served as president of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, as a governor of the American College of Surgeons and led a number of distinguished Nebraska organizations.

Stockham

Stockham, Nebraska, a village in Hamilton County, Nebraska, in the United States

Stromsburg, Nebraska

It operated until 2002, when the Stromsburg district consolidated with Benedict, Nebraska to form Cross County Community School.

Tarnov

Tarnov, Nebraska, named after the Polish town from which many of the original inhabitants came

Texas Jack Omohundro

In 1869, he moved to Cottonwood Springs, Nebraska, near Fort McPherson and became a scout and buffalo hunter.

Third Order Regular of St. Francis of Penance

During the 19th century, Brothers from the surviving communities in Ireland were invited to teach in the Dioceses of Brooklyn, Pennsylvania, and Spalding, Nebraska.

Thomas Kimball

Thomas Lord Kimball, 19th-century Union Pacific Railroad executive and namesake of Kimball County, Nebraska

Thomas Volney Munson

Shortly after completing his education, he married and moved to the vicinity of Lincoln, Nebraska.

Tilden, Nebraska

Tilden was incorporated as Burnett in 1885, but the U.S. Post Office officially changed the name of the village in 1887, after presidential candidate Samuel J. Tilden, due to confusion with Bennet, Nebraska.

Tri-Cities, Nebraska

The Tri-Cities in Nebraska is an informal grouping consisting of the cities of Grand Island, Hastings, and Kearney.

U.S. Route 73

Nebraska also had a split highway, with the split between Tekamah and Winnebago between 1935 and 1957.

U.S. Route 81

North of Norfolk, U.S. 81 is a two-lane, undivided highway which passes through no towns before exiting the state in Cedar County.

United States presidential election in Nebraska, 2008

Obama did particularly well in the state's two most populated counties, Douglas and Lancaster.

Vernon Simeon Plemion Grant

Grant was born on April 26, 1902, in Coleridge, Nebraska, to Oliver Simeon Grant and Chloe Barkley Grant.

Vinita Nair

Then she became an anchor and reporter for KOLN/KGIN-TV in Lincoln, Nebraska, where she anchored daily morning and afternoon newscasts.

Violet Mersereau

Lincoln, Nebraska Sunday Star, Answers To Movie Fans, March 18, 1917, Page 3.

Webster Street Station

The Swedes in Omaha used the Webster Street Station to connect with their ethnic communities in Oakland, Pender, Wakefield, and Wausa.


1888 in the United States

January 12 – "Schoolhouse Blizzard": Blizzards hit Dakota Territory, the states of Montana, Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, and Texas, leaving 235 dead, many of whom are children on their way home from school.

1969 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

Nebraska QB Jerry Tagge broke a record while taking apart Minnesota in Minneapolis.

1982 Nebraska vs. Penn State football game

Late in the half, Nebraska got on the board after a seven-play, 80-yard drive culminated in a Turner Gill touchdown pass followed by the extra point by Kevin Seibel.

2009 Big 12 Championship Game

On the play immediately prior to Lawrence's field goal, as the game clock ticked down Texas quarterback Colt McCoy rolled far to the right, with Nebraska's Ndamukong Suh in pursuit, and threw a pass well down field and out of bounds.

Camp Robinson

Fort Robinson (named for Levi H. Robinson), formerly Camp Robinson, a former U.S. Army fort and a present-day state park, in Crawford, Nebraska, United States

Charles Dietrich

Charles Henry Dietrich (1853–1924), governor of, and a U.S. Senator from, Nebraska

Christian Peter

This inaction led Redmond to file a Title IX suit against Nebraska in 1995; the suit was settled two years later with Nebraska paying $50,000 and the other two agreeing to pay an undisclosed sum of money.

Conference of Chief Justices

The first meeting, organized by the Council of State Governments and funded by private foundations, and held in St. Louis, Missouri, was held at the behest of New Jersey Chief Justice Arthur T. Vanderbilt, Nebraska Chief Justice Robert G. Simmons and Missouri Chief Justice Laurance M. Hyde, who was elected as the first chairman by the representatives of the 44 states in attendance.

David Jacques Way

Born in Elk Creek, Nebraska, Way was educated at Black Mountain College in North Carolina in its earliest days, where he gained his lifelong interest in graphic design and typography.

Episcopal Diocese of South Dakota

There is one church located in Minnesota, St. John’s in Browns Valley, part of the Northeast Deanery, and two in Nebraska, Blessed Redeemer, in Howe Creek and Our Most Merciful Savior, in Santee.

Eugene O'Sullivan

Eugene D. O'Sullivan (1883–1968), American Democratic Party politician from Nebraska

George Joseph Lucas

On June 3, 2009, Pope Benedict XVI named Lucas the fifth Archbishop of Omaha, Nebraska.

Hostages Trial

The judges in this case, heard before Military Tribunal V, were Charles F. Wennerstrum (presiding judge) from Iowa, George J. Burke from Michigan, and Edward F. Carter from Nebraska.

Isham Reavis

The new judge left Nebraska in August 1869, taking the newly completed Transcontinental Railroad to California before boarding a ship south to the mouth of the Colorado River.

Jason Brilz

Brilz won the Nebraska Class A state championship in 1993 wrestling for Omaha Central High School; a school that was ranked the 10th best athletic program in the nation by Sports Illustrated in 2008.

Judd H. Lyons

He served in various command and staff assignments in Nebraska, and his command positions include: Company D, 1st Battalion, 195th Armor (1989-1990); Nebraska Army National Guard Training Site, (2003-2004); and 92nd Troop Command, (2008-2009).

KAZO

KAZO-LP, a low-power television station (channel 57) licensed to Omaha, Nebraska, United States

KBRX

KBRX-FM, a radio station (102.9 FM) licensed to O'Neill, Nebraska, United States

KLNE

KLNE-FM, a radio station (88.7 FM) licensed to Lexington, Nebraska, United States

KLTQ

KOOO, a radio station (101.9 FM) licensed to serve La Vista, Nebraska, United States, which held the call sign KLTQ from 2002 to 2007

Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben

The organization supports financial need based scholarship programs, administers Nebraska's Pioneer Farm program, Good Neighbor Awards, and Ike Friedman Leadership Awards.

KOGA

KOGA-FM, a radio station (99.7 FM) licensed to Ogallala, Nebraska, United States

KSFT

KSFT-FM, a radio station (107.1 FM) licensed to South Sioux City, Nebraska, United States

KTNE

KTNE-FM, a radio station (91.1 FM) licensed to Alliance, Nebraska, United States

Loma, Nebraska

Loma was a filming location and the primary setting of the 1995 film To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (as the fictional village of Snydersville, Nebraska).

Mike Ekeler

After seven years in private business for himself, Ekeler returned to the game when he began volunteer coaching for V. J. and Angela Skutt Catholic High School in Omaha, Nebraska from 1999 to 2001, and as an assistant coach at Manhattan High School in Manhattan, Kansas in 2002, back in the town where he had played for Kansas State almost a decade before.

Minne Lusa

Current Nebraska State Senator Lowen Kruse is a former president and current member of the Miller Park-Minne Lusa Neighborhood Association.

Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball

In fact, Nebraska did not make its first NCAA Tournament appearance until 1986.

Nebraska Outback

The outback is connected with the rest of Nebraska by way of four Nebraska byways: Bridges to Buttes Byway (Highway 20), the Outlaw Trail (Highway 12) and small sections of the Loup Rivers Scenic Byway (Highways 91/11), and the Sandhills Journey (Highway 2) in Blaine County.

Philip Abbott

A native of Lincoln, Nebraska, Abbott was a secondary lead in several films of the 1950s and 1960s, including Miracle of the White Stallions (1963).

Phineas Hitchcock

He married on December 27, 1858 at Omaha, Nebraska, Annie M. Monell, the daughter of Lucinda Carpenter and Dr. Gilbert C. Monell, an 1839 graduate of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and a member of the Old Settlers' Association.

Prairie schooner

Prairie Schooner a magazine published by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Sawyer Brown

Sawyer Brown wrote "The Nebraska Song" in honor of Brook Berringer, a Nebraska Cornhuskers quarterback who died in a plane crash on April 18, 1996.

United States presidential election in Nebraska, 2008

Democratic Mayor Mike Fahey of Omaha said that he would do whatever it takes to deliver the electoral vote tied to the 2nd Congressional District to Obama, and the Obama Campaign considered Nebraska's 2nd congressional district "in play".

Uranium mining in Wyoming

The uranium will be absorbed onto ion-exchange resin beads at the mine; the beads will be shipped to existing facilities of Power Resources Inc. (Cameco) in Wyoming and Nebraska for recovery of the uranium.

Wallman

Norm Wallman, member of the Nebraska Legislature from Cortland, Nebraska

William B. Cassel

Cassel was appointed to the court on April 26, 2012 by Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman, filling a position made vacant by the appointment of John M. Gerrard to the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska.

William B. Cassel is a judge of the Nebraska Supreme Court, representing Nebraska's Third Judicial District.