What is the state flower?

What is the state rock?

What is Nebraska?

What is the state tree?

What is the river that forms the eastern border of Nebraska?

What state is to the south of Nebraska?

What state borders Nebraska to the north?

What state borders Nebraska to the northwest?

What state borders Nebraska in the southwest?

What is Nebraska's largest lake?

Where is the highest point in the state?

What is the shallow river that flows from east to west through the center of the state?

What land region is Nebraska a part of?

The Central Lowlands are covered with this type of dust that can be blown about unless stabilized by plant life.

Although he did not reach what is know as Nebraska, he claimed this region for Spain during his explorations.

He claimed for France all of the lands drained by the Mississippi River and this included Nebraska.

They were sent by President Thomas Jefferson and they explored the area along the Platte River and met with Oto and Pawnee Indians.

These animals were reintroduced by the Spanish to the Plains Indians and resulted in allowing the Indians to follow the buffalo herds and to travel farther than they ever had before.

IN the 1870's, some of these Native Americans enlisted in the U.S. Army as scouts and also joined in battle against the Sioux tribes.

In 1806, he traveled through southern Nebraska and talked with the Indian tribes there.

He explored the area from 1842-1844 for the United States.

The Spanish American trader who built several fur-trading posts along the Missouri River.

He built the earliest frontier military fort west of the Missouri River. The fort was named for him.

He led a group of Mormons along the Platte River on the way to the Great Salt Lake Valley.

When violence broke out between the Sioux and settlers along the Platte River at Ash Hollow, he and six hundred soldiers defeated the Sioux in 1855.

In 1873, 700 Sioux fought against the Indian tribe who were camped along the Republican River.

The Sioux attacked these railroad and telegraph workers.

He was a Ponca chief who led his people from Indian Territory back to Nebraska. They were captured and imprisoned but eventually allowed to stay in their homeland.

He was an Oglala Sioux leader who was one of the few Native Americans to win a war against the U.S. Army.

The home of Omaha's opera, ballet, and symphony orchestra.

The Pony Express Station located here is a restoration of one of the stops along the trail where riders swapped horses.

Near Harrison, it is one of the United States' riches sources of fossils.

This is the largest waterfall in Nebraska.

The home of Buffalo Bill Cody near North Platte is located here.

The year of the Louisiana Purchase when Nebraska became part of American territory.

The first wagon train passed through the Platte Valley along the Oregon Trail in this year.

The Kansas-Nebraska Act is passed.

Father Edward Flanagan established Boys Town in Omaha in this year.

In 1872, this became a state holiday.

People who started the first schools to teach Christianity to the Indians.

The U.S. Army established the region's first school here.

This is the oldest college in the state.

The first land grant college west of the Mississippi was for this.

What is the name of the University of Nebraska's football team?

Edwin E. Perkins invented this powdered soft drink.

Who invented the strobe light?

The world's largest indoor rain forest.

The world's largest Kolache Festival is held here.

The sandwich that originated in Nebraska.

What is Nebraska's chief crop?

An important crop grown in western Nebraska.

Most of Nebraska's agricultural income comes from this.

Nebraska ranks first or second annually in the production of this fun food.

The most common use of Nebraska's corn.

He was a dancer and actor who appeared in more then 35 films.

He was the host of The Tonight Show.

He is a musician from Mannheim Steamrollers.

He was the creator of Requiem that opened first in Omaha.

A Jazz muscian who toured with Count Basie in the mid-1940s.

What is "The Tower of the Plains"?

In Omaha, it houses a special exhibit of art by and about Native Americans of the 1800s.

Wagon train ruts, a museum, and spectacular views await tourists at this monument.

In Gretna, it is a popular place to view water life.

A Victorian-style shopping and restaurant area in Omaha.

Nebraska has one of the highest frequencies of this in the nation.

They can occur during dry years in the Panhandle and the southwestern part of Nebraska.

In 1888, this weather condition caused the death of thousands of livestock and killed many people.

Three-fourths of this type of precipitation falls annually between April & September during the growing season.

This is the hottest month of the year in Nebraska.

This is located in Elyria and is a fort built to protect the Pawnee Indians from the Sioux.

This is a large excursion boat that offers family trips on the Missouri River.