The Flag of Nebraska
Nebraska ( nə-BRASS -kə ) is a triply landlocked state in the Midwestern region of the United States . It borders South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River ; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the southwest; and Wyoming to the west. Nebraska is the 16th largest state by land area , with just over 77,220 square miles (200,000 km2 ). With a population of over 1.9 million, it is the 37th most populous state and the 7th least densely populated . Its capital is Lincoln , and its most populous city is Omaha , which is on the Missouri River . Nebraska was admitted into the United States in 1867, two years after the end of the American Civil War . The Nebraska Legislature is unlike any other American legislature in that it is unicameral , and its members are elected without any official reference to political party affiliation .
Nebraska is composed of two major land regions: the Dissected Till Plains and the Great Plains . The Dissected Till Plains region consists of gently rolling hills and contains the state's largest cities, Omaha and Lincoln. The Great Plains region, occupying most of western Nebraska, is characterized by treeless prairie . Eastern Nebraska has a humid continental climate while western Nebraska is primarily semi-arid . The state has wide variations between winter and summer temperatures; the variations decrease in southern Nebraska. Violent thunderstorms and tornadoes occur primarily during spring and summer, and sometimes in autumn. Chinook wind tends to warm the state significantly in the winter and early spring.
Indigenous peoples, including Omaha , Missouria , Ponca , Pawnee , Otoe , and various branches of the Lakota (Sioux ) tribes, lived in the region for thousands of years before European discovery and exploration . The state is crossed by many historic trails, including that of the Lewis and Clark Expedition . The completion of the Transcontinental Railroad through Nebraska and passage of the Homestead Acts led to rapid growth in the population of American settlers in the 1870s and 1880s and the development of a large agriculture sector for which the state is known to this day. (Full article... )
Homesteaders in central Nebraska in 1866
The
history of the U.S. state of Nebraska dates back to its formation as a
territory by the
Kansas–Nebraska Act , passed by the
United States Congress on May 30, 1854. The
Nebraska Territory was settled extensively under the
Homestead Act of 1862 during the 1860s, and in 1867 was admitted to the Union as the 37th U.S. state. The Plains Indians are the descendants of a long line of succeeding cultures of
indigenous peoples in Nebraska who occupied the area for thousands of years before European arrival and continue to do so today. (
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Stephen D. Richards or Samuel D. Richards (March 18, 1856 – April 26, 1879), also known in the media as The Nebraska Fiend , Kearney County Murderer , and The Ohio Monster , was an American serial killer who confessed to committing a total of nine murders in Nebraska and Iowa between 1876 and 1878.
Richards was born in
West Virginia (then part of
Virginia ) in 1856. His family later moved to
Ohio , eventually settling in the
Quaker village of
Mount Pleasant . In 1876, Richards left his home and headed westward with the intention of seeking his fortune. For a time, he found work at a local
asylum ; he claimed that during his time there, he lost all empathy for other people. When Richards later confessed to his crimes, he claimed to have committed his first murder sometime in late 1876, two weeks after arriving in
Kearney, Nebraska . He went on to commit several other murders, which he later claimed were done in
self-defense . Richards fled after murdering Mary L. Harlson and her three children, but was captured in Mount Pleasant. In 1879, he was convicted of the murders of the Harlson family, as well as the killing of neighbor Peter Anderson, and hanged. (
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The following are images from various Nebraska-related articles on Wikipedia.
Image 1 Football game at the University of Nebraska on September
6, 2008 (from
Nebraska )
Image 2 Homesteaders in central Nebraska in 1888
(from
Nebraska )
Image 4 A map of Nebraska (from
Nebraska )
Image 5 Homesteaders in central Nebraska in 1888
(from
Nebraska )
Image 6 Köppen climate types of Nebraska, using 1991-2020
climate normals (from
Nebraska )
Image 7 Treemap of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election (from
Nebraska )
Image 8 Ethnic origins in Nebraska (from
Nebraska )
Image 9 A
cropduster in agrarian Nebraska, far west of Omaha (from
Nebraska )
Image 10 Nebraska grain bins and elevator (from
Nebraska )
Image 12 Football game at the University of Nebraska on September
6, 2008 (from
Nebraska )
Image 13 Omaha, Nebraska's largest city (from
Nebraska )
Image 14 A
cropduster in agrarian Nebraska, far west of Omaha (from
Nebraska )
Image 15 Population density in Nebraska (from
Nebraska )
Image 16 Köppen climate types of Nebraska, using 1991-2020
climate normals (from
Nebraska )
Image 17 A land offer from the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad, 1872 (from
History of Nebraska )
Image 18 Nebraska grain bins and elevator (from
Nebraska )
Image 19 Nebraska in 1718,
Guillaume de L'Isle map, with the approximate area of the future state highlighted (from
Nebraska )
Image 20 Nebraska in 1718,
Guillaume de L'Isle map, with the approximate area of the future state highlighted (from
Nebraska )
Image 21 Map of counties in Nebraska by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census
Non-Hispanic White 40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
90%+
Native American 60–70%
(from
Nebraska )
Image 25 Treemap of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election (from
Nebraska )
Image 27 1859 map of route from Sioux City, Iowa, through Nebraska, to gold fields of Wyoming, partially following old Mormon trails. (from
History of Nebraska )
Image 28 Population density in Nebraska (from
Nebraska )
Image 30 Omaha, Nebraska's largest city (from
Nebraska )
Image 31 Homesteaders in central Nebraska in 1866 (from
History of Nebraska )
Image 32 Map of counties in Nebraska by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census
Non-Hispanic White 40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
90%+
Native American 60–70%
(from
Nebraska )
Image 33 "Crow Dog", a
Brulé Native American in 1898. (from
History of Nebraska )
Image 35 A map of Nebraska (from
Nebraska )
Image 36 Wagon train headed to California (from
History of Nebraska )
Image 37 Ethnic origins in Nebraska (from
Nebraska )
2014 Rank
City
2016 Estimate[1]
2010 Census[2]
Change
County
1
Omaha
446,970
408,958
+9.29%
Douglas
2
Lincoln
280,364
258,379
+8.51%
Lancaster
3
Bellevue
53,505
50,137
+6.72%
Sarpy
4
Grand Island
51,517
48,520
+6.18%
Hall
5
Kearney
33,520
30,787
+8.88%
Buffalo
6
Fremont
26,519
26,397
+0.46%
Dodge
7
Hastings
24,991
24,907
+0.34%
Adams
8
North Platte
24,110
24,733
−2.52%
Lincoln
9
Norfolk
24,348
24,210
+0.57%
Madison
10
Columbus
22,851
22,111
+3.35%
Platte
11
Papillion
19,597
18,894
+3.72%
Sarpy
12
La Vista
17,143
15,758
+8.79%
Sarpy
13
Scottsbluff
14,883
15,039
−1.04%
Scotts Bluff
14
South Sioux City
13,120
13,353
−1.74%
Dakota
15
Beatrice
12,362
12,459
−0.78%
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