Happy 140th Birthday Nebraska !!!
Where is the world's largest open-air aviary with exotic birds from all over the world?
Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo
Where is the world's 2nd largest collection of ancient elephant fossils located?
Morrill Hall,UNL Campus
Where is the world's largest porch swing located and how many adults can sit in it at one time?Hebron, 25 adults
Where is the only church with pews that switch from Catholic services at one end and Protestant services at the other end located?
Keystone
Where is the world's largest hand-planted forest located?
Halsey National Forest near Thedford
Where is the world's only museum dedicated to Fur Trading located?
Museum of the Fur Trade near Chadron
What was the first fort constructed west of the Missouri River?
Fort Atkinson near Blair
The World's largest railroad classification complex is located where?
Bailey Yards in North Platte
Who was the most highly paid executive woman and her hometown?
Evelyne Broadstone, later known as Lady Vestey From Superior
World-famous architect, Edward Durrell Stone, designed what museum in Nebraska?
Stuhr Museum near Grand Island
What is the structure constructed out of old cars called located near Alliance?
Carhenge
One of the only museums dedicated to one line of automobiles is in Nebraska , what is its name?Chevyland USA near Elm Creek
Which state park was a World War II German P.O.W. camp?
Fort Robinson
The world's largest Kolache Festival is located where?
Prague, Nebraska
The only rodeo grounds listed on the National Register of Historical sites is located where?Garfield County Fairgrounds in Burwell
What town along I-80 is located on the 100th Meridian , where the humid east meets the arid west?
Cozad
Where was the person that invented the shock absorber from?
Lincoln
What is the name of Nebraska 's one-house legislature, the only one of its kind in the United States?
Unicameral
What two political history making events happened in 1986 in Nebraska?
The first time in history two women ran against each other for Governor of a state (Kay Orr-R, Helen Boosalis-D) and Kay Orr became the nation's first Republican woman Governor.
What was the total cost to construct the Nebraska Capitol building?
10 million dollars ($9,800,440.07)
What railroad linked the east and west coasts with the Golden Spike and has its headquarters in Nebraska?
Union Pacific
Who started the first rodeo in the nation and in what Nebraska city?
Buffalo Bill Cody in North Platte (July 4, 1882)
Omaha has been the home of the College World Series since what year?
1950
Name four communities in Nebraska that are also Indian tribes.
Arapahoe, Ogallala, Omaha , Pawnee City , (Cities) Santee , Ponca, Macy, Winnebago (Counties)
How did Ak-Sar-Ben race track in Omaha gets its name?
Nebraska spelled backwards
What are the 5 army forts located in Nebraska that are open to the public?
Atkinson, Kearny , Hartsuff, Sidney, Robinson
What Native American chief was killed at Fort Robinson?
Crazy Horse
Where did the largest train robbery of the Union Pacific railroad occur?
Big Springs in 1877
What was the starting point for the Black Hills Gold Rush?
Sidney
Where was the original Fort Kearny located?
Nebraska City
Where are the world's largest hamburgers made?
Sioux Sundries in Harrison
What is Nebraska 's State Bird? State Flower? State Tree? State Gem?
Western Meadowlark; Goldenrod; Cottonwood ; Blue Agate
When was Nebraska made a state?
March 1, 1867
What army fort was built to protect the Pawnee from the Sioux?
Fort Hartsuff
Where was the 911 emergency communications developed and first used?
Lincoln
Where did Charles Lindberg learn to fly?
Lincoln when it was a major center for airplane manufacturing
What is Nebraska 's State Insect? State Fossil? State Song?
Honey Bee; Mammoth; "Beautiful Nebraska "
Where in Nebraska can you find an Indian Headdress cast in stone?
Durham Western Heritage Museum It was once part of the Fontenelle Hotel Building
What do the towns of Hebron and Gilead have in common with the biblical towns of the same names?
They are located the same distance from each other in Nebraska as they are in the Bible.
Which Nebraska town was once known as Gomorrah of the Plains?
Ogallala
What town was nicknamed Church City because of the number of churches in the town?
Lincoln
What was one of the original names for the Cornhuskers?
The Bugeaters, Golden Knights and Antelopes
What is the largest ethnic group in Nebraska?
Germans
How many states border Nebraska and what are they?
6: Iowa , Missouri , Kansas , Colorado , Wyoming and South Dakota
What are the 2 counties in Nebraska named after animals?
Antelope and Buffalo
What city was nicknamed the Alfalfa Capitol?
Cozad, they shipped more alfalfa than any point in the nation
What community can you find a demonstration of the Strobe Light and why?
The strobe light inventor, Dr. Harold Edgerton is an Aurora native.
What Nebraska food item did the Germans from Russia bring to the state?
The Runza
From what city did Morton Salt come?
Nebraska City
Where is one of the busiest Interstate McDonald's located in the country?
York
Who's mother gave Henry Fonda acting lessons at the Omaha Community Playhouse?
Marlon Brando's mom
What Omaha native was nicknamed The Kansas Comet?
Gale Sayers
What Nebraska native was the Democratic nominee for President three times?
William Jennings Bryan
What former President was born in Nebraska?
Gerald Ford
Who founded Boys Town?
Father Edward Flanagan
What Baseball Hall of Fame player is from St. Paul , Nebraska?
Grover Cleveland Alexander
What Omaha native had a brief stint with the Harlem Globetrotters?
Bob Gibson
Who is the nation's first Native American woman doctor?
Susanne LeFlesche Picotte
Who was the founder of Arbor Day and served as Secretary of Agriculture under President Grover Cleveland?
J. Sterling Morton
Who is the Pulitzer Prize winning author from Nebraska?
Willa Cather
What McDonald's food product was created at the University of Nebraska?
McRib
What soft drink was invented in Nebraska?
Kool-Aid
What city in Nebraska is located exactly between Boston and San Francisco?
Kearney
What number state was Nebraska in joining the nation?
37th
What famous WWI general was an instructor at UNL?
John J. Pershing
Who claimed the nation's first homestead and where was it claimed?
Daniel Freeman near Beatrice
What modern tool found in most tool boxes today was invented and manufactured in Nebraska?The Vice-Grip in Dewitt
Where is the world's' largest American Legion post located?
Post #3 in Lincoln
What town has been the subject of more books than any other town in literature?
Red Cloud
Thurl Ravenscroft from Norfolk has been the voice of what cartoon character for over 35 years?Tony the Tiger from Kellogg's Sugar Frosted Flakes
From what city were the Hall brothers who started Hallmark cards?
Norfolk
What site along the Oregon trail was mentioned in most of the pioneer diaries?
Chimney Rock
Where do the two major highways that run border to border meet?
I-80 & Highway 81 meet in York
What county is the home of the most intercontinental ballistic missiles located?
Cheyenne ( Sidney )
What is Nebraska 's oldest State Park?
Chadron
What Junior High School was the first in the nation?
Whittier Jr. High in Lincoln
Where is the longest straight main street in the nation?
"O" Street stretches from Milford through Lincoln to Union
What is the only "dry" county in Nebraska?
McPherson County
What are the names etched around the base of the Capitol Building?
Nebraska's 93 counties
Why are there 48 steps leading up to the 2nd floor of the Capitol?
48 states existed when the Capitol was built
Name the largest furniture store in the nation and the person who founded it.
Nebraska Furniture Mart; Rose Blumkin (Mrs. B)
Name the largest jewelry store in the nation and its location.
Borsheims in Omaha
Where is the National Liar's Hall of Fame located?
Dannebrog
Nebraska is known for its green agricultural circles. What causes them?
Central Pivot Irrigation
What county in Nebraska is larger than the state of Connecticut?
Cherry
Name four historical trails that crossed Nebraska.
Oregon, Lewis and Clark , Mormon, Pony Express
Where is the largest painted shamrock located?
Downtown O'Neill
Why does the Sower on top of the Capitol face the northwest?
Geographically, most of the state lies to the northwest of Lincoln
Approximately how many buffalo were killed by Buffalo Bill Cody in 1867?
4,280
According to pioneers, what is known as a mile wide and a foot deep?
The Platte River
In what community does the North and South Platte Rivers meet?
North Platte
What county allegedly has more millionaires proportionally to its population than any other in the nation?
Grant County
What bar/restaurant boasts a 1,300 pound polar bear?
Ole's in Paxton
What is Fred Austerlitz's more famous name and where was he born?
Fred Astaire from Omaha
What Oscar winning actor was born in Omaha?
Marlon Brando
What actress (from Hastings ) won an Academy Award for her role in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Sandy Dennis
What silent screen comedian from Nebraska is regarded as the third genius of the silent era after Charles Chaplin and Buster Keaton?
Harold Lloyd from Burchard
Who was Calvin Coolidge's vice president?
Charles Dawes
What influential U.S. Senator was the founder of Nebraska 's one-house Unicameral?
George Norris
What famous civil rights leader was from Omaha?
Malcolm X
What Nebraska community was declared by Congress to be a national Czech Capitol?
Wilber
Where is the world's largest concentration of Sandhill cranes?
Central Platte Valley from Overton to Grand Island
Who was the first modern-day serial killer and where is he buried?
Charles Starkweather at Lincoln 's Wyuka Cemetery
How long did the Pony express operate?
18 months
What was the charge to send a letter via the Pony Express?
$5 an ounce
What was the average time it took a letter to get from St Joseph , Missouri to Sacramento , California on the Pony Express?
10 days
What put the Pony Express out of business in 1861?
The telegraph
What was the first item Cabela's sold through the mail?
Fishing lures
More Nebraska Facts:
Nebraska was once called "The Great American Desert.
State Motto: Equality before the law
Nebraska is the birthplace of the Reuben sandwich.
Spam (canned meat) is produced in Fremont.
Nebraska has the U.S 's largest aquifer (underground lake/water supply), the Ogallala aquifer.
Nebraska has more miles of river than any other state.
Nebraska was the first state to complete its segment of the nation's mainline interstate system, a 455 mile stretch of four lane highway.
Nebraska has more underground water reserves than any other state in the continental U.S.
Weeping Water is the nation's largest limestone deposit and producer.
Mutual of Omaha Corporate headquarters is a public building built with 7 floors underground
Don't forget Johnny Carson............
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
1 comment:
Great post Linda. Did you know that I celebrated Nebraska's centennial 40 years ago as an 8 year old, and now I'm celebrating Oklahoma's centennial? Am I the only one with this honor or do you think there are others?
And, since we were "born" in the same year, I plan on celebrating Hawaii's and my centennial too.
Post a Comment