Nebraska By: Brielle
The Cornhusker State
Welcome to Nebraska
Nebraska became a state on March 1st 1867. Nebraska was the 37th state to become a state. It's abbreviation is NE. For older phones they make the parts and also for other kinds of phones. Nebraska's state motto is "Equality Before The Law".
Western Meadowlark
Nebraska's state bird is the Western Meadowlark. It has a beautiful high squeaky song they hum.
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Goldenrod
Nebraska's state flower is the Goldenrod. Many people are alergect to these type of flowers.
Cottonwood
Nebraska's state tree is the cottonwood. It is very tall and puffy.
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Geography and Land
In Nebraska the land has many odd shaped hills and that is from fossils from animals that lived long ago. There are thousands of lakes and rivers in Nebraska such as the Missouri river, Platte River and Niobrara river. If you go there you can see Scott's Bluff, many plains, and some canyons in the South West. It's 77,355 square miles.
Nicknames
They have many nicknames that come from many different things to do and to see. One of the nicknames is the tree planter state because they have many trees their, the antelope state because the antelope's graze there. They also are called the bug eating state, the black water state because the water is dark, another nickname they have is the beef state. It's main nickname is the the corn-husker state.
Climate
In Nebraska the weather is very crazy. In the summer it is very, very hot. Winter is terribly cold and blizzards are so cold they can be deadly. It is always possible for rain to access the area and it can easily flood. Not to scare you but each year about 40 tornadoes come around that area. They have the same four seasons.
Economy
In Nebraska they have many jobs they have a lot of ranches and farms, the farms have many animals and grow crops. They have many factories, they have many schools and the classrooms have about 14 kids and one teacher. They have fisherman and many other jobs.
Famous People
Nebraska had many famous people. One of them is Susan Picotte was the first Native American to graduate medical collage. Dick Cheney was the U.S. vise president form Nebraska. Gerald Ford was the 38th president.
Things to do
In Nebraska there are many things to do. In Summer you can go to the Native American Powwow, Stractic air and Space Museum, many state parks, Ash Fall Fossils, Fishing, horse back riding, and Panordam Point is the highest point. You can also go to a wonderful, one of the best collage football game.
State Parks
Nebraska has many state parks with water and some just for fun and some just to see and go right away.
Horseback riding
In Nebraska they like to go horseback riding. In Nebraska the fun start with that because it helps you explore the land.
Fishing
Nebraska has great fishing. They have special things they use that they fish with which makes the fishing very good.