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Nebraska's official flag was
adopted in 1925. The flag has
a deep blue field with the state
seal in the center. The state
seal shows a blacksmith hammering
on an anvil, a settler's cabin,
sheaths of wheat, a steamboat
on a river, and the transcontinental
railroad, with mountains in
the background. The state motto,
"Equality Before the Law,"
is on a banner above the landscape.
The date of Nebraska's admission
to the union, March 1, 1867,
is listed below the seal.
Nebraska became a state on
March 1, 1867 as the 37th state.
The capital city is Lincoln
and largest city is Omaha. Nebraska
is located in the heart of American
and is bordered by South Dakota
on the north, Kansas on the
south, the Missouri River and
Iowa and Missouri on the east,
and Wyoming and Colorado on
the west.
Nebraska is considered a plains
state and it has rich land and
soil. It is known as the cornhusker
state and is famed for endless
fields of corn, oats and wheat,
huge cattle raising operations,
and small towns and farms. The
fertile Great Plains of central
and eastern Nebraska are mostly
flat, cultivated farmland. Nebraska
has one of the best supplies
of surface and underground water
in the nation. All of its rivers
and streams eventually drain
into the Missouri River, flowing
in an easterly and southeasterly
direction
Nebraska has a continental
climate with wide seasonal variations
in temperature. Nebraska enjoys
warm summers, generally dry
winters, moderate humidity and
plenty of sunshine. Early evening
thunderstorms are common in
summer, especially central and
east. Tornados strike the state
on a regular basis as Nebraska
is in America's Tornado Alley.
January is the coldest month,
with average high temperatures
near 20 degrees. July is the
warmest month, with average
high temperatures near 80 degrees.
Much hotter summers and harsh,
cold winters are not uncommon.
Annual precipitation amounts
range from 20 - 30 inches in
the east and central, while
the west has much drier conditions.
Agriculture: Cattle, corn,
hogs, soybeans, wheat, sorghum.
Industry: Food processing, machinery,
electric equipment, printing
and publishing. Other leading
industries produce instruments,
chemicals and drugs, machinery,
and electrical equipment. Nebraska
is also an important producer
of irrigation equipment and
farm machinery. Printing and
publishing are also significant.
Nebraska also produces transportation
equipment, rubber and plastic
goods, fabricated metals, and
primary metals.
Nebraska has 93 counties:
Adams Antelope Arthur Banner
Blaine Boone Box Butte Boyd
Brown Buffalo Burt Butler Cass
Cedar Chase Cherry Cheyenne
Clay Colfax Cuming Custer Dakota
Dawes Dawson Deuel Dixon
Dodge Douglas Dundy Fillmore
Franklin Frontier Furnas Gage
Garden Garfield Gosper Grant
Greeley Hall Hamilton Harlan
Hayes Hitchcock Holt Hooker
Howard Jefferson Johnson Kearney
Keith Keya Paha Kimball Knox
Lancaster Lincoln Logan Loup
McPherson Madison Merrick
Morrill Nance Nemaha Nuckolls
Otoe Pawnee Perkins Phelps Pierce
Platte Polk Red Willow
Richardson Rock Saline Sarpy
Saunders Scotts Bluff Seward
Sheridan Sherman Sioux Stanton
Thayer Thomas Thurston Valley
Washington Wayne Webster Wheeler
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