Nebraska
Nebraska is located in the Midwest and is the only triply landlocked U.S. state. The landscape of Nebraska is mainly characterized by the rolling hills of the Dissected Till Plains and the prairie of the Great Plains. As one of the largest corn producers in the United States, Nebraska is also called "The Cornhusker State."
Among the various native tribes that inhabited the area before Europeans arrived were the Omaha, Missouria, Ponca, Pawnee, Otoe, and Lakota. After both the Spanish and the French began trading with some of these peoples around 1700, France emerged victorious in the resulting war with the help of its native allies. During the Seven Years' War, however, the territory was ceded back to Spain in 1762. The United States acquired the vast area that included present-day Nebraska through the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and created the Territory of Nebraska in 1854. In 1867, Nebraska was admitted to the Union as the 36th state. The original capital was moved from Omaha to Lancaster and renamed in honor of President Abraham Lincoln after his assassination in 1869. The state motto of Nebraska is "Equalitiy before the law".
Chimney Rock rises 325 feet (99 m) in the air in western Nebraska near Bayard. It already served as a landmark for settlers along the Oregon, California and Mormon Trails in the 19th century.
Facts
- Capital city: Lincoln
- Largest city: Omaha
- Area: 77,358 square miles (200,356 km²)
- Population: 2 million
- Date of statehood: 1st March 1867
- Rank of the admission: 37th
Nebraska Folding Card
Chief Red Cloud was one of the greatest adversaries of the of the U.S. Army and is best known for his victory in the Battle of the Hundred Slain in 1866. Representing all of Nebraska's indigenous tribes, his likeness was erected as a statue in Pioneers Park in Lincoln in 1935. The Smoke Signal sculpture is featured alongside a portrait of Red Cloud on this note from the 50 U.S. States Program. In addition, it depicts Chimney Rock in Morrill County, a stylized corncob, the state motto "Equality Before the Law," and the year of admission to the Union.
100 Souvenir Dollars
Obverse: Red Cloud (1822–1909), chief of the Lakota people, The Smoke Signal statue in Lincoln, Chimney Rock in Morrill County, corncob
Reverse: United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., seals of the commemorative series
| Dimensions: 7.07 x 3.00 inches (179.50 x 76.20 mm) Material: Paper |
