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From 1541, the region today called Nebraska was explored by the Spanish, with
Francisco Vásquez de Coronado, then French trappers who have put in place a fur
trade with the Indians. So it was populated by Sioux, Pawnees, Utes, Comanches
and Cheyennes Indians. Controlled by the French in the eighteenth century,
territory was sold in 1803 to the United States, at the same time as
Louisiana. Between 1804 and 1806, the Lewis and Clark expedition made it
possible to explore a part of this region. Bellevue, founded in 1823, was
Nebraska's first permanent colony. The colonization of Nebraska started thanks
to the tracks that crossed it towards the West coast. This colonization was
accelerated with the construction of the Union Pacific transcontinental railroad
(1854-1867). Nebraska integrated the United States into March 1, 1867, as the
thirty-seventh American state. Indians have definitely been introduced in 1880.
A serious agricultural crisis touched this state of the Midwest in the late
nineteenth and century. Again very affected by the crisis of the 1930s (see
economic crisis of 1929), the state's economy, however, renewed with prosperity
after the Second World War, benefiting in particular from the construction of
dams over Missouri and its tributaries, and from the exploitation of deposits
petroleum.
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Allcitypopulation.com:
Lists all cities and towns in Nebraska including top 50 largest cities by
population.
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COUNTRYAAH.COM:
Provides a list of all holidays in the state of Nebraska when both banks and
schools are closed, including national wide and world holidays, such as New
Year, Christmas, and Thanksgiving Day, as well as regional holidays of Nebraska.
- AbbreviationFinder.org:
Do you know how many acronyms that contain the word Nebraska? Check this
site to see all abbreviations and initials that include
Nebraska.
Universities, scientific institutions in Nebraska
University of Nebraska
The university in Nebraska has its largest locations in Lincoln, Omaha and
Kearney. Furthermore, she has a college location with a focus on technical
agriculture in Curtis, Ne. The university was founded in Lincoln in 1869 and
then expanded more and more. The Omaha University site was established in 1908,
but it was not until 1968 that it officially joined the Nebraska State
University system. The Kearney site specializes in undergraduate training. It
was built in 1905 and joined the school system in 1991. The medical center,
which is also located in Omaha, was founded in 1880 and then officially declared
part of the State University in 1902. Lincoln University had 22,000 students
this year; in Omaha there were 15,000.
The following faculties are represented:
• Agricultural sciences
• Information science and technology
• Engineering sciences
• Communication sciences, fine arts and media
• Public affairs and communities
• Arts and sciences
• Pedagogy
• Medicine
• Economics
University of Nebraska State Museum in Lincoln
The University of Nebraska State Museum offers the world's largest collection of
mammalian fossils. Whether mammoth bones, fossil elephants, historical weapons,
a planetarium with laser shows or the exhibitions on American history - natural
history hearts will beat faster here.
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