Interesting Facts about Nebraska

• During the Civil War, Nebraska had a population of only about 30,000. Of these, 3,307 served in the war.
• In 1862, Daniel Freeman of Beatrice was the nation's first recipient of land granted under the unique Homestead Act.
• President Andrew Johnson vetoed the Nebraska statehood bill of 1866, but Congress overrode his veto, and Nebraska became a state on March 1, 1867.
• President William McKinley opened the Mississippi International Exposition at Omaha in 1898.
• During World War I, 47,801 Nebraskans were called into service, and 1,000 lost their lives.
• In 1934, Nebraska became unique among the states when it installed its unicameral (one-house) legislature, consisting only of a Senate.
• Of the 120,000 Nebraskans in World War II service, 3,830 lost their lives.
• In 1992, Omaha claimed the title of "Telemarketing Capital of the U.S.A."
• On May 6, 1877, famed Chief Crazy Horse surrendered with 1,000 of his followers near Camp Robinson. On September 7, 1877, he was killed because he was said to have resisted his captors.