Natural Resources
The type of soil found in the eastern part of the state
What is Till Soil?
Who is Soloman Butcher?
Which president chose Omaha for the location of the railroad?
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
State soft drink
What is Kool-Aid?
a famous landmark used by travelers on the Oregon Trail
What is Chimney Rock?
a large area of groundwater based mostly in Nebraska
What is the Ogallala Aquifer?
He purchased the first land under the Homestead Act
Who is Daniel Freeman?
Thousands of people traveled on this to move west in the 1800's
What is the Oregon Trail?
State Mammal
What is the White-Tailed Deer?
The town with the world famous Henry Doorly Zoo
What is Omaha?
The largest river in Nebraska
What is the Platte River?
Fort LIsa was named after this merchant and trader
Who was Manuel Lisa?
Nebraska was purchased from the French with this deal
What is the Lousiana Purchase?
State American Folk Dance
What is Square Dancing?
The birthplace of Kool-Aid
Name two crops that Nebraska farmers grow.
Examples: What are wheat, corn, sugar beets, soybeans...
This president bought land under the Louisiana Purchase
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
Spanish explorers orignally came to NE to find...
What is gold?
State Tree
What is the Cottonwood Tree?
The Homestead National Monument is located here
What is Beatrice, NE?
Nebraska's Platte River is a popular stop for this migrating bird
What is the Sandhill Crane?
This Native American helped Lewis & Clark on their travels west
Who was Sacagawea?
The first settlement in NE was in...
What is Bellevue?
State Bird
What is the Western Meadowlark?
The name of the University of Nebraska's football stadium
What is Memorial Stadium?