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Brief History. French traders first visited Nebraska in the late 1600s. Eastern Nebraska was made part of U.S. as a part of Louisiana Purchase in 1803. A few years later, Robert Stuart pioneered the Oregon Trail across Nebraska in 1812-1813, and the first permanent white settlement was established at Bellevue in 1823. Western Nebraska was acquired by treaty following the Mexican War in 1848. Nebraska became a major manufacturing center, which it still is. Oil was discovered in 1939 and natural gas in 1949.

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More About This State

Nickname: Cornhusker State

Capital: Lincoln

Date entered union: March 1, 1867

Population: 1,758,787

State Flower: Goldenrod

State Bird: Western Meadowlark

Land area: 76,872 sq mi.

Topography: Till plains of the central lowland in the eastern third rising to the Great Plains and hill country of the north central and northwest.

Major Industries: Educational, health and social services; Manufacturing; Retail trade

More About The People

Folks are called: Nebraskan

Ethnicities: White: 1,533,261 (89.6%); Black: 68,541 (4.0%); American Indian: 14,896 (0.9%); Asian: 21,931 (1.3%); Other race: 47,845 (2.8%); Two or more races: 23,953 (1.4%); Hispanic/Latino: 94,425 (5.5%)

Male/Female stats: Male: 843,351 (49.3%); Female: 867,912 (50.7%)

Median household income ($): 39,250

College Grads: 16.5%

Home Owners: 67.4%

Famous people: Marlon Brando, Malcolm X

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