Nebraska

Nebraska


 * State Abbreviation ** - NE
 * State Capital ** - Lincoln
 * Largest City ** - Omaha
 * Population ** - [|1,711,263] (as of 2000) [Nebraska is the 38th most populous state in the USA]
 * Major Rivers ** - Missouri River, Niobrara River, Platte River, Republican River
 * Major Lakes ** - Lewis and Clark Lake, Harlan County Lake, Lake C.W. McConaughty
 * Highest Point ** - Panorama Point - 5,426 feet (1,654 m) above sea level
 * State Nickname ** - Cornhusker State, The Tree Planters' State
 * State Motto ** - "Equality before the law"
 * State Song ** - Beautiful Nebraska

Western Meadowlark (//Sturnella neglecta//)
 * State Bird**

White-tailed Deer
 * State Mammal**

[|Mammoth]
 * State Fossil**

Honeybee
 * State Insect**
 * (//Apis mellifica//**

Milk
 * State Beverage**

Kool-Aid Developed in Hastings, Nebraska, by Edward E. Perkins in 1927
 * State Soft Drink**

Nebraska's official flag was adopted in 1925. The flag has a deep blue field with the state seal in the center, pictured in gold (yellow) and silver. The state seal, designed in 1867 by Isaac Wiles (a member of the House of Representatives), pictures 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