Nebraska is a midwestern U.S. state encompassing the prairies of the Great Plains, the towering dunes of the Sandhills and the panhandle’s dramatic rock formations. Lincoln, the capital and a vibrant university town, is distinguished by its soaring state capitol. The city of Omaha is home to the Durham Museum, which honors the state’s pioneering past in a converted railroad depot.
Abbreviation: NE
Capital: Lincoln
Temperature: 68, partly cloudy
Time: 1:00 (CT, 1 hour behind us)
Nebraska spans two time zones. The eastern two-thirds of the state is in the Central Time Zone and the western third is in the Mountain Time Zone. When traveling on Interstate 80, the time change occurs between the Sutherland and Paxton exits.
Nickname:
Cornhusker State
Nebraska's official nickname is the "Cornhusker State," which comes from Nebraska athletic teams — the Cornhuskers — also a method of harvesting corn by hand. Before 1945, it was the "Tree Planters' State" because of the state's founding of Arbor Day in 1872 when they planted more than 1 million trees.
Population: 1.9m (PA 12.8m)
Size: 77,348 square miles (PA 46,000)
Cost of living: $31,200 (PA $49,040)
Minimum wage: $12.00 (PA $7.25)
Statehood: March 1, 1867
State Flag:
The mechanic arts are represented by a smith with hammer and anvil. Agriculture is represented by a settler's cabin and sheaves of wheat. In the top of the circle is the state motto: “Equality Before the Law.” The circle is surrounded with the words, “Great Seal of the State of Nebraska, March 1st, 1867.”
State Bird:
Western Meadowlark
State Flower:
Solidago (Goldenrod)
State Tree:
Eastern Cottonwood
State Mammal:
White Tailed Deer
State Quarter:
Nebraska, admitted into the Union on March 1, 1867, themed the coin Chimney Rock. The image highlights an ox-drawn covered wagon carrying pioneers and Chimney Rock in the background.
Kenneth Henson (he later changed his name to Steve), the inventor of ranch dressing and the founder of Hidden Valley Ranch, started out as a cowboy in Nebraska. With dreams of making their fortune out west, he and his wife Gayle spent three years in Alaska, where Steve worked as a contract plumber for Alaskan oil companies. That gig also included the responsibility of cooking for the crew, and Henson realized that he was going to have to get creative to get his fellow workers to eat their vegetables.
Henson told the LA Times in a 1999 interview (via Edible Alaska), "It's tough to feed men up in those bush jobs. If they don't like something, they're as likely to throw it at the cook as they are to walk out cursing. I had to come up with something to keep them happy." With necessity being the mother of invention, Henson used what ingredients he had on hand — buttermilk, mayonnaise, and some spices and herbs – to make a salad dressing. Henson's creamy salad dressing was so delicious that the work crew ate their vegetables with gusto. And just like that, the salad dressing that can now be found on every salad bar in the country was born.
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