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About Nebraska
Nebraska is a landlocked state, west of the Mississippi River in the central US mainland. It is one of the states in the Great Plains region, the broad territory of mostly flat land expanding north to south in the middle of the United States.
Nebraska borders South Dakota to the north, Kansas to the south, Colorado to the southwest, and Wyoming to the west, the Missouri River creates the border with Iowa and Missouri in the east.
History
Indigenous people of the Great Plains have occupied the area for thousands of years.
In 1682, René-Robert Cavelier (aka Sieur de La Salle), a French Jesuit and “discoverer,” claimed a vast territory in Central North America for the French crown, including the region of present-day Nebraska.
The claim included all the territory drained by the Mississippi River and its tributaries. La Salle named it Louisiana, later known as Louisiana Territory.
Nebraska was acquired in 1803 as part of the Louisiana Purchase. A plot of land of 2.14 million km² (828,000 sq mi) changed ownership for $15 million, equivalent to $300 million today.
Sixty-four years later, Nebraska became the 37th state of the US in 1867. The state’s nickname is the Cornhusker State. Corn is a major cash crop that is farmed in Nebraska.
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